1. Attractiveness that interests, pleases or stimulates
   "his smile was part of his charm to her";
   - appeal, appealingness
    
2. Something believed to bring good luck
   "She always carried a rabbit's foot as her good luck charm";
   - good luck charm
    
3. A verbal formula believed to have magical force
   "inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese";
   - spell, magic spell, magical spell
    
4. (physics) one of the six flavours of quark, the third most massive of all quarks
   "The particle accelerator was designed to detect charm quarks"
    
5. A small trinket on a bracelet or necklace
   "She added a new charm to her bracelet for each country she visited"

1. Cause rapt attraction or admiration; attract love
   "She charmed all the men's hearts"; "His charm enamoured everyone he met";
   - capture, enamour [Brit, Cdn], trance [literary], catch, becharm [archaic], enamor [US], captivate, beguile, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant
    
2. Induce into action by using one's charm
   "She charmed him into giving her all his money";
   - influence, tempt
    
3. Control by magic spells, as by practising witchcraft
   "The evil witch charmed the villagers into doing her bidding";
   - becharm [archaic]
    
4. Protect through supernatural powers or charms
   "The amulet was said to charm its wearer against evil"

Derived forms: charms, charming, charmed

Type of: appeal, article, attract, attractiveness, command, control, flavor [US], flavour [Brit, Cdn], language, object, oral communication, persuade, physical object, protect, speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication

Encyclopedia: Charm, Ohio