(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
A ~ is a period of quiet or calm in a longer period of activity or excitement.
There was a ~ in political violence after the election of the current president.
...a ~ in the conversation.
N-COUNT: oft N in n
2.
If you are ~ed into feeling safe, someone or something causes you to feel safe at a time when you are not safe.
It is easy to be ~ed into a false sense of security...
Lulled by almost uninterrupted economic growth, too many European firms assumed that this would last for ever.
VERB: be V-ed into n/-ing, V-ed, also V n into n/-ing
3.
If someone or something ~s you, they cause you to feel calm or sleepy.
With the shutters half-closed and the calm airy height of the room to ~ me, I soon fell into a doze...
Before he knew it, the heat and hum of the forest had ~ed him to sleep.
VERB: V n, V n into/to n
4.
If you describe a situation as the ~ before the storm, you mean that although it is calm now, there is going to be trouble in the future.
PHRASE: v-link PHR