lull
11lull# — lull vb *calm, compose, quiet, quieten, still, soothe, settle, tranquilize Analogous words: *pacify, placate, appease, mollify: *moderate, qualify, temper: allay, assuage, alleviate, *relieve Antonyms: agitate lull n *pa …
12lull — [n] pause, calm abeyance, break, breather, breathing spell, calmness, coffee break, comma*, downtime*, hiatus, hush, layoff, letup, pausation, quiescence, quiet, respite, silence, stillness, stop, time out*, tranquility; concept 807 Ant. busyness …
13lull — I noun abatement, armistice, break, breather, breathing spell, breathing time, brief silence, calm, calmness, cessation, cessation of activity, cessation of sound, desistance, discontinuance, discontinuation, halt, hush, idleness, inactivity,… …
14Lull — Ecrit aussi Llull, c est un patronyme catalan correspondant au nom de personne médiéval Lullus, qui serait d origine germanique …
15lull — ► VERB 1) calm or send to sleep with soothing sounds or movements. 2) cause to feel deceptively secure. 3) allay (doubts, fears, etc.), typically by deception. 4) (of noise or a storm) abate. ► NOUN ▪ a temporary period of quiet or inactivity.… …
16lull — ▪ I. lull lull 1 [lʌl] noun [countable usually singular] COMMERCE a period of time during which there is very little buying, selling, spending etc taking place: • The bond market is slipping into a year end lull. • Buying has hit a seasonal lull …
17lull — I n. 1) a momentary, temporary lull 2) a lull in (a momentary lull in the fighting) II v. 1) (d; tr.) to lull into (to lull smb. into a false sense of security) 2) (d; tr.) to lull to (to lull a child to sleep) * * * [lʌl] temporary lull a… …
18Lull — Fontaine de Lull à Hersfeld Saint Lull ou Lul (Lullus en latin ; Wessex, 710 Hersfeld, 16 octobre 786) était le premier archevêque de Mayence permanent, succédant à Boniface, et le premier abbé de l abbaye de Hersfeld, sa fête l …
19lull — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ brief, temporary ▪ long (esp. AmE) VERB + LULL ▪ hit (AmE) ▪ Has your fitness routine hit a lull? …
20lull — lull1 [lʌl] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Probably from the sound of someone singing to a baby] 1.) to make someone feel calm or as if they want to sleep ▪ The hum of the tyres on the road lulled her to sleep. 2.) to make someone feel safe and… …
