'Lull' definitions:
Definition of 'lull'
(from WordNet)
noun
A pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished; "there was never a letup in the noise" [syn: letup, lull]
noun
A period of calm weather; "there was a lull in the storm" [syn: lull, quiet]
verb
Calm by deception; "Don't let yourself be lulled into a false state of security"
verb
Become quiet or less intensive; "the fighting lulled for a moment" [syn: lull, calm down]
verb
Make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear" [syn: calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still] [ant: agitate, charge, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on]
Definition of 'Lull'
From: GCIDE
- Lull \Lull\ (l[u^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lulled (l[u^]ld); 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. [1913 Webster]
- Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie, To lull the daughters of necessity. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lull'
From: GCIDE
- Lull \Lull\, v. i. To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate for a time; as, the storm lulls. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lull'
From: GCIDE
- Lull \Lull\, n.
- 1. The power or quality of soothing; that which soothes; a lullaby. [R.] --Young. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A temporary cessation of storm or confusion. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'lull'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- abeyance,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- anesthetize,
- anticyclone,
- appease,
- assuage,
- awful silence,
- balm,
- becalm,
- benumb,
- breach,
- break,
- breath,
- breather,
- breathing place,
- breathing space,
- breathing spell,
- breathing time,
- caesura,
- calm,
- calm down,
- calmness,
- cease,
- cease-fire,
- cessation,
- cigarette break,
- cocktail hour,
- coffee break,
- comma,
- compose,
- cool,
- cradle,
- cushion,
- day off,
- dead,
- dead calm,
- dead of night,
- deaden,
- deaden the pain,
- deathlike calm,
- deathlike silence,
- delay,
- die down,
- diminish,
- doldrums,
- dope,
- dormancy,
- downtime,
- drop,
- drug,
- dulcify,
- dull,
- dwindle,
- ease,
- ease matters,
- ease off,
- ebb,
- enforced respite,
- entrance,
- even out,
- fall,
- fissure,
- flat calm,
- foment,
- gap,
- gentle,
- give relief,
- golden silence,
- half time,
- half-time intermission,
- halt,
- happy hour,
- hesitation,
- hiatus,
- hibernation,
- holiday,
- horse latitudes,
- hush,
- hush of night,
- hypnotize,
- immobility,
- inaction,
- inactiveness,
- inactivity,
- inaudibility,
- inertia,
- interim,
- interlude,
- intermezzo,
- intermission,
- intermittence,
- interregnum,
- interruption,
- interval,
- lacuna,
- lapse,
- lay,
- layoff,
- lessen,
- let up,
- letup,
- lucid stillness,
- lull to sleep,
- magnetize,
- mesmerize,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- molder,
- mollify,
- motionlessness,
- mum,
- narcotize,
- noiselessness,
- numb,
- off-time,
- oily calm,
- pacify,
- pad,
- palliate,
- pause,
- peace,
- peacefulness,
- plateau,
- point of repose,
- poultice,
- pour balm into,
- pour oil on,
- put to sleep,
- put under,
- qualify,
- quell,
- quiesce,
- quiescence,
- quiet,
- quiet spell,
- quieten,
- quietness,
- quietude,
- recess,
- reduce,
- relief,
- relieve,
- remission,
- respite,
- rest,
- resting point,
- rock,
- rock to sleep,
- salve,
- sedate,
- settle,
- silence,
- silentness,
- slacken,
- slake,
- smooth,
- smooth down,
- smooth over,
- smoothen,
- soften,
- solemn silence,
- soothe,
- soundlessness,
- spell,
- stabilize,
- stand-down,
- stay,
- steady,
- still,
- stillness,
- stop,
- stupe,
- subdue,
- subside,
- surcease,
- suspension,
- tacitness,
- taciturnity,
- tea break,
- temper,
- time off,
- time out,
- tomblike silence,
- trance,
- tranquilize,
- tranquillity,
- truce,
- underactivity,
- vacation,
- wane,
- whisht,
- windlessness