See lull in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "a period of rest",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "it",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "it",
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "a period of rest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sosta"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "a period of rest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a period of rest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "a period of rest",
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},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zatíšʹje",
"sense": "a period of rest",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "зати́шье"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pererýv",
"sense": "a period of rest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "a period of rest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "па́уза"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ótdyx",
"sense": "a period of rest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "о́тдых"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "a period of rest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "переку́р"
},
{
"code": "sv",
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"tags": [
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],
"word": "stiltje"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a period of rest",
"word": "ara"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a period of rest",
"word": "sükûnet"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zatišie",
"sense": "a period without waves or wind.",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "затишие"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a period without waves or wind.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bonace"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a period without waves or wind.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "calme"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a period without waves or wind.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Windstille"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a period without waves or wind.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Flaute"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a period without waves or wind.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "calma piatta"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a period without waves or wind.",
"word": "stasi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a period without waves or wind.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bonaccia"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a period without waves or wind.",
"word": "calmeria"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a period without waves or wind.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "calma"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a period without waves or wind.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "calmaria"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "štilʹ",
"sense": "a period without waves or wind.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "штиль"
},
{
"code": "sv",
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"common-gender"
],
"word": "stiltje"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zatíšʹje",
"sense": "an extended pause between sets of waves.",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "зати́шье"
}
],
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}
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{
"word": "belull"
},
{
"word": "lullaby"
},
{
"word": "lullful"
},
{
"word": "lullsome"
}
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"2": "laulaa",
"t": "to sing"
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{
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"2": "lala",
"t": "to sing a lullaby"
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{
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{
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"2": "lollen",
"3": "",
"4": "to sing badly, caterwaul"
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{
"args": {
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"2": "lullen",
"3": "",
"4": "to chatter, prate, cheat, deceive"
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{
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"4": "to lull"
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{
"args": {
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"3": "",
"4": "to lull"
},
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{
"args": {
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"2": "lulle",
"3": "",
"4": "to lull, sing to sleep"
},
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"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
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"2": "lulla",
"3": "",
"4": "to lull"
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"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
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"2": "lúlla",
"3": "",
"4": "to lull"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic lúlla (“to lull”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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{
"form": "lulls",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "lulling",
"tags": [
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"present"
]
},
{
"form": "lulled",
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"past"
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"form": "lulled",
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"past"
]
}
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"pos": "verb",
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{
"ref": "1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 30:",
"text": "To lull him soft a sleepe",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1634, John Milton, “Arcades”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC, page 54:",
"text": "Such ſweet compulſion doth in muſick ly, / To lull the daughers of Neceſſity,",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XXXVII, page 57:",
"text": "To lull with song an aching heart",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm"
],
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[
"cause",
"cause#Verb"
],
[
"rest",
"rest#Verb"
],
[
"soothing",
"soothing"
],
[
"calm",
"calm#Verb"
]
],
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"(transitive) To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm"
],
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{
"word": "soothe"
},
{
"word": "quiet"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
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"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The storm lulled.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
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},
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},
{
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],
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{
"sense": "To cause to rest",
"word": "appease"
}
],
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "uspokojavam",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "успокоявам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prispivam",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "приспивам"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "cuīmián",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "催眠"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ukolébat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "kalmeren"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "in slaap wiegen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "tuudittaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "apaiser"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "bercer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "calmer"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "arrolar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "acalentar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "beruhigen"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "baukaláō",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "βαυκαλάω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "elringat"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "dormigar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "fare la ninna nanna"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "fare addormentare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "indurre al sonno"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "cullare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "ninnare"
},
{
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "nbala"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "whakanā"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "whakanewha"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "oriori"
},
{
"code": "arn",
"lang": "Mapudungun",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "zikukeñen"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "swefian"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "lâlâ kardan",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "لالا کردن"
},
{
"code": "pms",
"lang": "Piedmontese",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "niné"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "lulać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "embalar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ubajúkivatʹ",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "убаю́кивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "babies",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ubajúkatʹ",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "убаю́кать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uspokáivatʹ",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "успока́ивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "soothe",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uspokóitʹ",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "успоко́ить"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "usypljátʹ",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "усыпля́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "put to sleep",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "usypítʹ",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "усыпи́ть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "uljuljkan"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "miran"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "arrullar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "adormecer"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "vyssja"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "lulla"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"english": "rock",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "vagga"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "glɔ̀m",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "กล่อม"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to cause to rest",
"word": "yatıştırmak"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "utihvam",
"sense": "to become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate",
"word": "утихвам"
},
{
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "to become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate",
"word": "enbaladu"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zatixátʹ",
"sense": "to become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "затиха́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zatíxnutʹ",
"sense": "to become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "зати́хнуть"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate",
"word": "bedarra"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate",
"word": "avta"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate",
"word": "dinmek"
}
],
"word": "lull"
}
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