lull

A period of rest or soothing.

A period of reduced activity; a respite.

• 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 r

A period without waves or wind.

• […] during the lull, wind shifted to S. E. […]
• After the lull the wind does not appear to have blown with any great strength […]

An extended pause between sets of waves.

• 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.

To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calmtransitive

• To lull him soft a sleepe
• Such ſweet compulſion doth in muſick ly, / To lull the daughers of Neceſſity,

To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate.intransitive

• The storm lulled.

To give somebody a false sense of security so that an unpleasant situation takes the person by surprise.transitive

• They lulled us into thinking we still had time.