lull
Collocations
4(noun.)
ADJ
brief, temporary | sudden
PREP
during a/the ~
We managed to have a quick conversation during a lull in the meeting.
~ in
There was a sudden lull in the conversation when everyone stopped talking at once.
Definitions
noun
A period of rest or soothing.
A period of reduced activity; a respite.
After this departure there is a lull—one can almost feel the weary station breathing thankfulness!—broken only by the car-sleeper departing at 10.25 from Platform 6 […]. There is normally another lull from 1.45 to 4.30 a.m. till the daily round begins again, […].
A period without waves or wind.
[…] during the lull, wind shifted to S. E. […]
After the lull the wind does not appear to have blown with any great strength […]
An extended pause between sets of waves.
It is advisable to leave the surf zone during the lull between sets of larger waves, waiting outside the surf zone for a lull.
About 2 hours in, a long lull cleared everyone out, and then it started getting a little more consistent and pushing chest ta neck high.
verb
To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm
To lull him soft a sleepe
Such ſweet compulſion doth in muſick ly, / To lull the daughers of Neceſſity,
To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate.
The storm lulled.
name
A surname.
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Idioms & Phrases
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6After this departure there is a lull—one can almost feel the weary station breathing thankfulness!—broken only by the car-sleeper departing at 10.25 from Platform 6 […]. There is normally another lull
Wiktionary[…] during the lull, wind shifted to S. E. […]
WiktionaryAfter the lull the wind does not appear to have blown with any great strength […]
WiktionaryTo lull him soft a sleepe
WiktionarySuch ſweet compulſion doth in muſick ly, / To lull the daughers of Neceſſity,
WiktionaryTo lull with song an aching heart
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