What is "calms"

Usage examples of "calms".

Although it had been a warm summer, the creek water was still cool and refreshing, caressing his naked body as ice calms a bum, the gentle pressure of the current soothing his muscles, tense from a hard ride on Morgan.

Though there are things in it difficult for the feeble human mind to grasp, it is an admirable book which calms and elevates the soul.