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# lullaby

noun (a lullaby, lullabies); verb (lullaby — rare)

«lullaby» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A lullaby is a soft, gentle song sung to help a baby or small child fall asleep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lullaby/#m1)
2. A lullaby is any soft, calming sound: the lullaby of the waves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lullaby/#m2)

### In the lessons

In music lessons lullabies have slow, rocking rhythms; famous ones are «Hush, Little Baby», «Rock-a-bye Baby», «Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star» and Brahms's Lullaby. Every culture has its own lullabies. In stories a lullaby shows comfort and love. Phrases: «sing a lullaby», «hum a lullaby».

### Examples

- Mum sang a lullaby until the baby fell asleep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lullaby/#x1)
- «Rock-a-bye Baby» is an old English lullaby. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lullaby/#x2)
- The waves were a lullaby that sent me to sleep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lullaby/#x3)
- Gran hums a Ukrainian lullaby. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lullaby/#x4)
- We learned a lullaby from Ghana in music. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lullaby/#x5)
- Brahms wrote a famous lullaby for piano. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lullaby/#x6)
- Leaning on one hand and softly whispering a little lullaby, she threw a light cover over her baby. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lullaby/#x7)

### Note

Plural «lullabies» (y → ies). Said «LULL-uh-by». From «lull» (to calm). Countable.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lullaby» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lullaby/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lullaby» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lullaby.html) on Mova free.