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Look up: Lullaby

  1. lullaby
    [n] - a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep 2. [n] - a quiet song that lulls a child to sleep
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Lullaby
    Lull'a·by noun [ From Lull , transitive verb ] 1. A song to quiet babes or lull them to sleep; that which quiets. Shak. 2. Hence: Good night; good-by. [ Obsolete] Shak.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/68

  3. lullaby
    cradlesong noun a quiet song that lulls a child to sleep
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  4. lullaby
    cradlesong noun a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  5. Lullaby
    A `lullaby` is a soothing song, usually sung to children before they go to sleep, but they can also be sung to insomniac teenagers and adults as well to help them sleep. They originated in England in the late 1300s. The idea is that the song sung by a familiar and beautiful voice will lull the child to sleep. Lullabies written by established classical composers are often given the form-name `berceuse`, which is French for lullaby, or cradle song....
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lullaby

  6. lullaby
    • (v. t.) Hence: Good night; good-by. • (v. t.) A song to quiet babes or lull them to sleep; that which quiets.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. Lullaby
    (from the article `Gershwin, George`) ...Nobody but You, and Tee-Oodle-Um-Bum-Bo. Also in 1919, Gershwin composed his first `serious` work, the Lullaby for string quartet. A study in ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/82

  8. lullaby
    1. a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep
    2. a quiet song that lulls a child to sleep

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