Meaning

1 senses

  1. To sing a lullaby to.

Examples

32 sentences

  1. Tom sang a lullaby.

    Том заспівав колискову. — lingvokrolik

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  2. Tom tried to comfort Mary by singing her a lullaby.

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  3. It was a really nice lullaby.

    Це була дійсно гарна колискова. — deniko

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  4. Do you want me to sing you a lullaby while petting you?

    Хочеш я заспіваю колискову, поки гладитиму тебе? — Ahha

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  5. Her voice is like a lullaby.

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Origin

From Middle English lullen (“to lull”) + bye. First recorded c. 1560. Compare Old English

From Middle English lullen (“to lull”) + bye. First recorded c. 1560. Compare Old English bī, bī (“lullaby!”, interjection).

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Forms

lullabies, lullabying, lullabied, lullabied
Base formlullaby · to lullaby
3rd person singularlullabies
Present participlelullabying
Past simplelullabied
Past participlelullabied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylullaby
he, she, itlullabies

Past simpleLesson

all personslullabied

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave lullabied
he, she, ithas lullabied

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill lullaby

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
luggageB1lukewarmlulllululumbarlumber

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