What part of speech is lull?

Lull can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. lull is a verb, present, 1st person singular of lull (infinitive).
  • 2. lull is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. lull is a noun, singular of lulls.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does lull mean?

Definitions

Verb

lull - calm by deception; "Don't let yourself be lulled into a false state of security"
lull - become quiet or less intensive; "the fighting lulled for a moment"
lull - make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"

Noun

lull - a period of calm weather; "there was a lull in the storm"
lull - a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished; "there was never a letup in the noise"

Examples of lull

#   Sentence  
1. noun There was a lull in the storm.
2. noun The rains entered a lull.
3. noun Where did you lull them?
4. noun There was a lull in the festivities as Fred was carted off to the infirmary by the emergency medical technicians.
5. noun Him now Saturnia sought, and thus in lowly strain: / "O AEolus, for Jove, of human kind / and Gods the sovran Sire, hath given to thee / to lull the waves and lift them with the wind, / a hateful people, enemies to me, / their ships are steering o'er the Tuscan sea, / bearing their Troy and vanquished gods away / to Italy."
6. verb Lull your baby to sleep.
Sentence  
noun
There was a lull in the storm.
The rains entered a lull.
Where did you lull them?
There was a lull in the festivities as Fred was carted off to the infirmary by the emergency medical technicians.
Him now Saturnia sought, and thus in lowly strain: / "O AEolus, for Jove, of human kind / and Gods the sovran Sire, hath given to thee / to lull the waves and lift them with the wind, / a hateful people, enemies to me, / their ships are steering o'er the Tuscan sea, / bearing their Troy and vanquished gods away / to Italy."
verb
Lull your baby to sleep.

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