lull
verb/lʌl/
/lʌl/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they lull | /lʌl/ /lʌl/ |
| he / she / it lulls | /lʌlz/ /lʌlz/ |
| past simple lulled | /lʌld/ /lʌld/ |
| past participle lulled | /lʌld/ /lʌld/ |
| -ing form lulling | /ˈlʌlɪŋ/ /ˈlʌlɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] lull somebody to make somebody relaxed and calm synonym soothe
- The vibration of the engine lulled the children to sleep.
- He was lulled by the peaceful sound of the rain.
- She lulled the baby back to sleep.
- [transitive, intransitive] lull (something) to make something, or to become, less strong
- His father's arrival lulled the boy's anxiety.
Word OriginMiddle English: imitative of sounds used to quieten a child; compare with Latin lallare ‘sing to sleep’, Swedish lulla ‘hum a lullaby’, and Dutch lullen ‘talk nonsense’. The noun (first recorded in the sense ‘soothing drink’) dates from the mid 17th cent.
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