Pall - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|pɔːl|
Brit.
|pɔːl|
noun
- a sudden numbing dread (syn: chill)
- burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped (syn: cerement, shroud, winding-sheet)
- hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) (syn: curtain, drape, drapery, mantle)
- burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped (syn: cerement, shroud, winding-sheet)
- hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) (syn: curtain, drape, drapery, mantle)
verb
- become less interesting or attractive (syn: dull)
- cause to lose courage (syn: dash, daunt, frighten away, frighten off, scare)
- cover with a pall
- cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing (syn: cloy)
- cause to become flat
- cause to lose courage (syn: dash, daunt, frighten away, frighten off, scare)
- cover with a pall
- cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing (syn: cloy)
- cause to become flat
pall the beer
- lose sparkle or bouquet (syn: die)wine and beer can pall
- lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to)the course palled on her
- lose interest or become bored with something or somebody (syn: fatigue, jade, tire, weary)Extra examples
...bearing her husband's pall were her four brothers and two nephews...
...a persistent pall of distrust has overtaken this administration and will remain until the president resigns...
The bad news cast a pall over the evening.
Even the most tasty palls if it is served every day.
Her voice is rather dull, and quickly palls on her listeners.
Gradually, the novelty of city life began to pall.
A pall of thick grey smoke hung over the buildings.
A sunburst fell upon the violet pall.
The area is enveloped in a pall of neglect.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: pall
he/she/it: palls
present participle: palling
past tense: palled
past participle: palled
I/you/we/they: pall
he/she/it: palls
present participle: palling
past tense: palled
past participle: palled
noun
singular: pall
plural: palls
singular: pall
plural: palls
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