Definition of Lull

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Definition of Lull

Lull

To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm; to soothe; to quiet.

To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate for a time; as, the storm lulls.

The power or quality of soothing; that which soothes; a lullaby.

A temporary cessation of storm or confusion.

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Lull Quotations

You can lull the paying customers as long as they get slapped.
Alan Rickman

I hate to lull the audience into letting them think that something is something. It's always fun to defy expectations.
Martin Short

What does the truth matter? Haven't we mothers all given our sons a taste for lies, lies which from the cradle upwards lull them, reassure them, send them to sleep: lies as soft and warm as a breast!
Georges Bernanos

Lull Translations

lull in Dutch is wiegen
lull in Finnish is tuutia
lull in German is einlullen
lull in Italian is ristagno, ninnare
lull in Norwegian is opphold
lull in Spanish is arrullar
lull in Swedish is vyssja

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