Meaning

A period of rest or soothing..

Definitions by Sense

1. A period of rest or soothing.
2. A period of reduced activity; a respite.
3. (nautical) A period without waves or wind.
4. (surfing) An extended pause between sets of waves.
5. (transitive) To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm
6. (intransitive) To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate.

Example Sentences

After this departure there is a lull—one can almost feel the weary station breathing thankfulness!—broken only by the car-sleeper departing at 10.25 from Platform 6 […]. There is normally another lull from 1.45 to 4.30 a.m. till the daily round begins again, […].

[…] during the lull, wind shifted to S. E. […]

After the lull the wind does not appear to have blown with any great strength […]

The air under each cloud has spent time near the surface, has been slowed and backed by friction—it is a lull.

About 2 hours in, a long lull cleared everyone out, and then it started getting a little more consistent and pushing chest ta neck high.

It is advisable to leave the surf zone during the lull between sets of larger waves, waiting outside the surf zone for a lull.

To lull him soft a sleepe

Such ſweet compulſion doth in muſick ly, / To lull the daughers of Neceſſity,

Word Forms

• lulls
• lulling
• lulled

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