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What (who) is lull - definition
lull
I. v. a.
Compose, quiet, calm, still, hush, tranquillize, put to rest.
II. v. n.
Subside, cease, abate, decrease, diminish, become calm.
III. n.
Calm, calmness, temporary quiet, cessation.
Lull
·noun A temporary cessation of storm or confusion.
II. Lull ·noun The power or quality of soothing; that which soothes; a lullaby.
III. Lull ·vi To become gradually calm; to Subside; to cease or abate for a time; as, the storm lulls.
lull
(lulls, lulling, lulled)
1.
A lull is a period of quiet or calm in a longer period of activity or excitement.
There was a lull in political violence after the election of the current president.
...a lull in the conversation.
N-COUNT: oft N in n
2.
If you are lulled into feeling safe, someone or something causes you to feel safe at a time when you are not safe.
It is easy to be lulled into a false sense of security...
Lulled by almost uninterrupted economic growth, too many European firms assumed that this would last for ever.
VERB: be V-ed into n/-ing, V-ed, also V n into n/-ing
3.
If someone or something lulls you, they cause you to feel calm or sleepy.
With the shutters half-closed and the calm airy height of the room to lull me, I soon fell into a doze...
Before he knew it, the heat and hum of the forest had lulled him to sleep.
VERB: V n, V n into/to n
4.
If you describe a situation as the lull before the storm, you mean that although it is calm now, there is going to be trouble in the future.
PHRASE: v-link PHR
Examples of use of lull
1. This is the quiet time, the lull before the storm.
2. This endless sophistry is designed to lull us into acquiescence.
3. "The lull is confirmed," national police spokesman Patrick Hamon said.
4. Nigerians did not benefit from the lull since October.
5. The army observed a similar three–hour lull on Wednesday.