LULLABY


Meaning of LULLABY in English

/lul"euh buy'/ , n. , pl. lullabies , v. , lullabied, lullabying .

n.

1. a song used to lull a child to sleep; cradlesong.

2. any lulling song.

v.t.

3. to lull with or as with a lullaby.

[ 1550-60; equiv. to lulla, lulla ( y ), interj. used in cradlesongs (late ME lullai, lulli ) + -by, as in BYE-BYE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .