LULL
Dictionary entry overview: What does lull mean?
• LULL (noun)
The noun LULL has 2 senses:
1. a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished
2. a period of calm weather
Familiarity information: LULL used as a noun is rare.
• LULL (verb)
The verb LULL has 3 senses:
1. calm by deception
2. become quiet or less intensive
3. make calm or still
Familiarity information: LULL used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• LULL (noun)
Meaning:
A pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
letup; lull
Context example:
there was never a letup in the noise
Hypernyms ("lull" is a kind of...):
break; intermission; interruption; pause; suspension (a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something)
Meaning:
A period of calm weather
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
quiet; lull
Context example:
there was a lull in the storm
Hypernyms ("lull" is a kind of...):
calmness (an absence of strong winds or rain)
• LULL (verb)
Meaning:
Calm by deception
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Context example:
Don't let yourself be lulled into a false state of security
Hypernyms (to "lull" is one way to...):
calm; calm down; lull; quiet; quieten; still; tranquilize; tranquillise; tranquillize (make calm or still)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Become quiet or less intensive
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
lull; calm down
Context example:
the fighting lulled for a moment
Hypernyms (to "lull" is one way to...):
hush; hush up; quieten; shut up; silence; still (cause to be quiet or not talk)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Make calm or still
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
tranquillise; tranquilize; still; tranquillize; calm; quiet; quieten; calm down; lull
Context example:
quiet the dragons of worry and fear
Hypernyms (to "lull" is one way to...):
comfort; console; solace; soothe (give moral or emotional strength to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lull"):
lull (calm by deception)
compose (calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet)
appease; assuage; conciliate; gentle; gruntle; lenify; mollify; pacify; placate (cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of)
assure; reassure (cause to feel sure; give reassurance to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The performance is likely to lull Sue
