charm: meaning and definitions

The power or quality of pleasing or delighting; attractiveness: a breezy tropical setting of great charm.

A particular quality that attracts; a delightful characteristic: A mischievous grin was among the child's many charms.

A small ornament, such as one worn on a bracelet.

An item worn for its supposed magical benefit, as in warding off evil; an amulet.

An action or formula thought to have magical power.

The chanting of a magic word or verse; incantation.

Physics A quantum property of the charm quark whose conservation explains the absence of certain strange-particle decay modes and that accounts for the longevity of the J particle.

To attract or delight greatly: the simple elegance of the meal charmed the guests.

To induce by using strong personal attractiveness: charmed the guard into admitting them without invitations.

To cast or seem to cast a spell on; bewitch.

To be alluring or pleasing.

To function as an amulet or charm.

To use magic spells.