lull

[lull]

See lull, think "calm." It could be the noun form (like "the lull before the storm") or the verb: one can lull someone by calming them (as in lulling a baby to sleep with a lullaby).

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To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm; to soothe; to quiet.

Noun
a period of calm weather; "there was a lull in the storm"

Noun
a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished; "there was never a letup in the noise"

Verb
become quiet or less intensive; "the fighting lulled for a moment"

Verb
calm by deception; "Don''t let yourself be lulled into a false state of security"

Verb
make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"

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v. t.
To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm; to soothe; to quiet.

v. i.
To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate for a time; as, the storm lulls.

n.
The power or quality of soothing; that which soothes; a lullaby.

n.
A temporary cessation of storm or confusion.


Lull

Lull , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lulled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Lulling.] [Akin to OD. lullen to sing to sleep, G. lullen, Dan. lulle, Sw. lulla; all of imitative origin. Cf. Loll, Lollard.] To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm; to soothe; to quiet. " To lull him soft asleep." Spenser.
Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie, To lull the daughters of necessity.

Lull

Lull, v. i. To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate for a time; as, the storm lulls.

Lull

Lull, n. 1. The power or quality of soothing; that which soothes; a lullaby. [R.] Young. 2. A temporary cessation of storm or confusion.

To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm; to soothe; to quiet.

To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate for a time; as, the storm lulls.

The power or quality of soothing; that which soothes; a lullaby.

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