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plural lulls
A period of rest or soothing. examples
A period of reduced activity; a respite examples
(nautical) A period without waves or wind. quotations examples
[…] during the lull, wind shifted to S. E. […]
1839, The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1839, page 26
After the lull the wind does not appear to have blown with any great strength […]
1875, W. G. Wilson, Report of the Midnapore and Burdwan Cyclone of the 15th and 16th of October 1874, page 74
The air under each cloud has spent time near the surface, has been slowed and backed by friction—it is a lull.
2016, David Houghton, Fiona Campbell, Wind Strategy, not paginated
(surfing) An extended pause between sets of waves. quotations examples
It is advisable to leave the surf zone during the lull between sets of larger waves, waiting outside the surf zone for a lull.
1992, John Warlaumont, The Noaa Diving Manual, page 19-19
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.
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third-person singular simple present lulls, present participle lulling, simple past and past participle lulled
(transitive) To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm quotations examples
To lull him soft a sleepe
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, stanza 30
Such ſweet compulſion doth in muſick ly, / To lull the daughers of Neceſſity,
1634, John Milton, “Arcades”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, page 54
(intransitive) To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate. examples