See lull on Wiktionary
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"code": "tr",
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"code": "it",
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"code": "fa",
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"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "لالا کردن"
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"code": "pms",
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"sense": "to cause to rest",
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to cause to rest",
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "embalar"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to cause to rest",
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"sense": "to cause to rest",
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{
"code": "sh",
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"code": "es",
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to cause to rest",
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{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "vagga"
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"code": "th",
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"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "กล่อม"
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{
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "to cause to rest",
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "utihvam",
"sense": "to become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate",
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"sense": "to become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate",
"word": "enbaladu"
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"word": "затиха́ть"
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"word": "зати́хнуть"
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"code": "sv",
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate",
"word": "avta"
},
{
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "to become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate",
"word": "dinmek"
}
],
"word": "lull"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Swedish adverbs",
"Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
"Swedish interjections",
"Swedish lemmas"
],
"etymology_text": "Compare lulla.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "adverb",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "lull",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "lull (not comparable)",
"name": "sv-adv"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to stand without support (of a toddler)"
],
"links": [
[
"stand",
"stand"
],
[
"support",
"support"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(in \"stå lull\") to stand without support (of a toddler)"
],
"raw_tags": [
"in \"stå lull\""
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
]
}
],
"word": "lull"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Swedish adverbs",
"Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
"Swedish interjections",
"Swedish lemmas"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "vyssan lull"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Compare lulla.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "intj"
},
"expansion": "lull",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "intj",
"related": [
{
"word": "lulla"
},
{
"english": "lullaby",
"word": "vaggvisa"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Used to lull (a child) to sleep."
]
}
],
"word": "lull"
}
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