lull
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lull¹
- /lʌl/
- /lʊl/ Northern England
Rhymes with -ʌl
Where it comes from
From Middle English lullen, lollen. Originally, perhaps expressive in origin from la-la-la or lu-lu-lu sounds made in calming a child. Compare Finnish laulaa (“to sing”) and Hiligaynon lala (“to sing a lullaby”).
Cognate with Scots lul, lule, loll (“to lull, put to sleep, howl, caterwaul”), Dutch lollen (“to sing badly, caterwaul”), Dutch lullen (“to chatter, prate, cheat, deceive”), Low German lullen (“to lull”), German lullen (“to lull”), Danish lulle (“to lull, sing to sleep”), Swedish lulla (“to lull”), Icelandic lúlla (“to lull”).
noun lulls
- A period of rest or soothing.
- A period of reduced activity; a respite. After this departure there is a lull—one can almost feel the weary station breathing thankfulness!—broken only by the car-sleeper departing at 10.25 from Platform 6 […]. There is normally another lull from 1.45 to 4.30 a.m. till the daily round begins again, […].
- A period without waves or wind. […] during the lull, wind shifted to S. E. […]
- An extended pause between sets of waves. It is advisable to leave the surf zone during the lull between sets of larger waves, waiting outside the surf zone for a lull.
verb lulls · lulling · lulled
- To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm To lull him soft a sleepe
- To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate. The storm lulled.
- To give somebody a false sense of security so that an unpleasant situation takes the person by surprise. They lulled us into thinking we still had time.
Lull²
Where it comes from
* As a German surname, from personal names based on Leute (“people, population”).
* As a Catalan surname, spelling variant of Llull.
proper noun Lulls
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: calm down, letup, quieten, calm, quiet, still, tranquillize, tranquilize, respite, easing, soothe, pause, ease, let-up, hiatus, tranquility
Translations
Every language
noun a period of rest
| Português | descanso, folga |
|---|---|
| Français | pause |
| Italiano | quiete, pausa, calma, intervallo, sosta |
| Русский | зати́шье zatíšʹje, переры́в pererýv, па́уза páuza, о́тдых ótdyx, переку́р perekúr |
noun a period without waves or wind.
| Português | calmaria |
|---|---|
| Français | bonace, calme |
| Deutsch | Windstille, Flaute |
| Italiano | calma piatta, stasi, bonaccia, calmeria, calma |
| Русский | штиль štilʹ |
noun an extended pause between sets of waves.
| Русский | зати́шье zatíšʹje |
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verb to cause to rest
| Español | arrullar, adormecer |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 催眠 cuīmián |
| Português | embalar |
| Français | apaiser, bercer, calmer |
| Deutsch | beruhigen |
| Italiano | fare la ninna nanna, fare addormentare, indurre al sonno, cullare, ninnare |
| Русский | убаю́кивать ubajúkivatʹ, убаю́кать ubajúkatʹ, успока́ивать uspokáivatʹ, успоко́ить uspokóitʹ, усыпля́ть usypljátʹ, усыпи́ть usypítʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | ru |
verb to become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate
| Русский | затиха́ть zatixátʹ, зати́хнуть zatíxnutʹ |
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title = {lull},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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