Lullaby
['lʌləbaɪ] or ['lʌlə'bai]
Definition
(noun.) the act of singing a quiet song to lull a child to sleep.
(noun.) a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep.
Edited by Hugh--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) A song to quiet babes or lull them to sleep; that which quiets.
(v. t.) Hence: Good night; good-by.
Inputed by DeWitt
Examples
- Everybody was excited, except the fat boy, and he slept as soundly as if the roaring of cannon were his ordinary lullaby. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Well I know You hear, like a sweet refrain, Lullabies ever soft and low In the falling summer rain. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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