balm — ozdic

Collocations

5

ADJ.

sweet, used, weary

VERB + BALM

carrying, keep, lose, need, soak, spices, voice

BALM + NOUN

lips, myrrh, pangs, sorrows

PREP.

in, in, with

ADV.

again, always, certainly, immediately

Definitions

noun

1

Any of various aromatic resins exuded from certain plants, especially trees of the genus Commiphora of Africa, Arabia and India and Myroxylon of South America.

2

An aromatic preparation for embalming the dead.

3

A plant or tree yielding such substance.

4

Any soothing oil or lotion, especially an aromatic one.

5

Something soothing.

Classical music is a sweet balm for our sorrows.

BEAT on, proud billows; Boreas blow; / Swell, curled waves, high as Jove's roof; / Your incivility doth ſhow, / That innocence is tempeſt proof; / Though ſurly Nereus frown, my thoughts are calm; / Then ſtrike, Affliction, for thy wounds are balm. [Attributed to Roger L'Estrange (1616–1704).]

verb

1

To anoint with balm, or with anything medicinal.

Shrouded in cloth of state, balmed and entreasured / With full bags of spices!

2

To soothe; to mitigate.

This rest might yet have balmed thy broken sinews

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applie

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

heart balm

Something that soothes a person's fears or emotions.

So many things, however, are a genuine heartbalm like the prickles of the Pleiades rising on the night.

Example Bank

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Classical music is a sweet balm for our sorrows.

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BEAT on, proud billows; Boreas blow; / Swell, curled waves, high as Jove's roof; / Your incivility doth ſhow, / That innocence is tempeſt proof; / Though ſurly Nereus frown, my thoughts are calm; / Th

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Shrouded in cloth of state, balmed and entreasured / With full bags of spices!

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04

This rest might yet have balmed thy broken sinews

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05

Do you have some lip balm? My lips are dry.

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06

Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, balm is marked as figuratively, archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.