- lull
- [[t]lʌ̱l[/t]]
lulls, lulling, lulled1) N-COUNT: oft N in n 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.
2) VERB If you are lulled into feeling safe, someone or something causes you to feel safe at a time when you are not safe.[be V-ed into n/-ing] It is easy to be lulled into a false sense of security...
[be V-ed into n/-ing] I had been lulled into thinking the publicity would be a trivial matter...
[V-ed] Lulled by almost uninterrupted economic growth, too many European firms assumed that this would last for ever. [Also V n into n/-ing]
3) VERB If someone or something lulls you, they cause you to feel calm or sleepy.[V n] With the shutters half-closed and the calm airy height of the room to lull me, I soon fell into a doze...
[V n into/to n] The swish of the tyres lulled him into a light doze...
[V n into/to n] Before he knew it, the heat and hum of the forest had lulled him to sleep.
4) PHRASE: v-link PHR 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.
English dictionary. 2008.
