vverb.emotionbecome quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitationSynset:calm chill out cool it cool off settle down simmer down
Examples:- After the fight both men need to cool off.
- It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again.
Derivationally Related Form:calm
Hypernyms:change state turn
Inherited Hypernyms:calmchange statechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s
vverb.emotionmake calm or stillSynset:calm lull quiet quieten still tranquilize tranquillise tranquillize
Examples:- quiet the dragons of worry and fear
Antonyms:agitate
Derivationally Related Form:quiettranquilizerstilllull
Hypernyms:comfort console solace soothe
Inherited Hypernyms:calmcomfort
Direct Hyponyms:appeaseassuageassurecomposeconciliategentlegruntlelenifylullmollifypacifyplacatereassure
Full Troponyms:composelullpacifyreassure
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: quiet, tranquillize, calm, calm down, lull) | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: tranquilize)
vverb.changebecome quiet or less intensiveSynset:lull
Examples:- the fighting lulled for a moment
Derivationally Related Form:lull
Hypernyms:hush hush up quieten shut up silence still
Inherited Hypernyms:lullhushsuppresscontrolrestrain
Sentence Frame:Something ---s