1. To calm someone or reduce alertness through soothing influence.
2. To make someone less alert through a misleading sense of safety.
3. A short interval of reduced activity or intensity.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- lull to sleep
- lull a child
On the page
The repeated motion lulled the child to sleep.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- lull
- Past tense
- lulled
- Past participle
- lulled
- Present participle
- lulling
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- lull
- Present continuous
- am/is/are lulling
- Present perfect
- have/has lulled
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been lulling
- Past
- lulled
- Past continuous
- was/were lulling
- Past perfect
- had lulled
- Past perfect continuous
- had been lulling
- Future
- will lull
- Future continuous
- will be lulling
- Future perfect
- will have lulled
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been lulling
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: lull; lulls; lulled; lulled; lulling. Noun singular lull; plural lulls. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character, dialogue. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: lulls.
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