Lull
[lʌl]
Definition
(noun.) a period of calm weather; 'there was a lull in the storm'.
(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'.
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Definition
(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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Compose, quiet, calm, still, hush, tranquillize, put to rest.
v. n. Subside, cease, become calm.
n. Calm, calmness.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Calm, quiet, hush, still, tranquilize,[See ASSUAGE]
SYN:Quiet, assuagement, cessation, quiescence, subsidence
ANT:Tumult, excitement, storm, tempest
Checker: Rene
Definition
v.t. to soothe: to compose: to quiet.—v.i. to become calm: to subside.—n. a season of calm.—n. Lull′aby a song to lull children to sleep a cradle-song.—v.t. to lull to sleep.
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Examples
- In the temporary lull produced by that impartial sentence, I laid my lady's written message on the table, under the eyes of Sergeant Cuff. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He was deeply interested in all her father said, 'Of death, and of the heavy lull, And of the brain that has grown dull. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- No sooner had he formed it, than the cloud which had closed over the last picture, seemed to settle on his senses, and lull him to repose. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Like a strange snatch of heavenly music, heard in the lull of a tempest, this burst of feeling made a moment's blank pause. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Before the last clock begins to strike ten, there is a lull. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- At ease with him, I could defend my creed and faith in my own fashion; in some degree I could lull his prejudices. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It did not cease till the Atlantic was strewn with wrecks: it did not lull till the deeps had gorged their full of sustenance. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It was as if the wind and rain had lulled at last, after a long and fearful storm. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- If the storm had lulled a little at sunset, it made up now for lost time. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- As it was, I was somewhat interested in the scene; it sometimes lulled, although it could not extinguish my grief. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- And the child lulled the parent, as the parent had erst lulled the child. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She held her to her bosom; she cradled her in her arms; she rocked her softly, as if lulling a young child to sleep. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The thought of the chloral was the only spot of light in the dark prospect: she could feel its lulling influence stealing over her already. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
Typist: Lycurgus