# lull

## Anglais

### Étymologie

    Du moyen anglais lullen.

### Nom commun

lull \lʌl\

* Pause, période de repos.
* (Marine) Bonace, calme ; période sans vent, ou sans vagues.
* (Économie) Récession.

### Verbe

lull \lʌl\ transitif et intransitif

* (Transitif) Bercer, calmer.
   * People were lulled into a false sense of security.
* (Intransitif) Se calmer.
   * Another danger was hallucination. Kelly had an active mind, and he was now in an environment devoid of input. Worse, his body was being lulled. He was in a nearly weightless state, rather like it must have been in the womb, and the sheer comfort of the experience was dangerous. — (Tom Clancy, Without Remorse, 1993.)

**Synonymes**

* appease
* compose
* calm
* soothe
* quiet
* calm down

### Prononciation

* \lʌl\ Royaume-Uni (Sud de l'Angleterre) : écouter « lull »
