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pall

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pall 1  (pôl)
n.
1. A cover for a coffin, bier, or tomb, often made of black, purple, or white velvet.
2. A coffin, especially one being carried to a grave or tomb.
3.
a. A covering that darkens or obscures: a pall of smoke over the city.
b. A gloomy effect or atmosphere: "A pall of depressed indifference hung over Petrograd during February and March 1916" (W. Bruce Lincoln).
4. Ecclesiastical
a. A linen cloth or a square of cardboard faced with cloth used to cover the chalice.
b. See pallium.
tr.v. palled, pall·ing, palls
To cover with or as if with a pall.

[Middle English pal, from Old English pæll, cloak, covering, from Latin pallium.]

pall 2  (pôl)
v. palled, pall·ing, palls
v.intr.
1. To become insipid, boring, or wearisome.
2. To have a dulling, wearisome, or boring effect.
3. To become cloyed or satiated.
v.tr.
1. To cloy; satiate.
2. To make vapid or wearisome.

[Middle English pallen, to grow feeble, probably short for appallen; see appall.]

pall1
n
1. a cloth covering, usually black, spread over a coffin or tomb
2. a coffin, esp during the funeral ceremony
3. a dark heavy covering; shroud the clouds formed a pall over the sky
4. a depressing or oppressive atmosphere her bereavement cast a pall on the party
5. (History / Heraldry) Heraldry an ordinary consisting of a Y-shaped bearing
6. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity
a.  a small square linen cloth with which the chalice is covered at the Eucharist
b.  an archaic word for pallium [2]
7. (Clothing & Fashion) an obsolete word for cloak
vb
(tr) to cover or depress with a pall
[Old English pæll, from Latin: pallium]

pall2
vb
1. (intr; often foll by on) to become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to) history classes palled on me
2. to cloy or satiate, or become cloyed or satiated
[variant of appal]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pall - a sudden numbing dread
apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread - fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"
2.pallpall - burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
burial garment - cloth used to cover a corpse in preparation for burial
3.pallpall - hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
screen, blind - a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet"
drop cloth, drop curtain, drop - a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
eyelet, eyehole - a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar
festoon - a curtain of fabric draped and bound at intervals to form graceful curves
frontal - a drapery that covers the front of an altar
furnishing - (usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable
portiere - a heavy curtain hung across a doorway
shower curtain - a curtain that keeps water from splashing out of the shower area
theater curtain, theatre curtain - a hanging cloth that conceals the stage from the view of the audience; rises or parts at the beginning and descends or closes between acts and at the end of a performance
Verb1.pall - become less interesting or attractive
change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
2.pall - cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"
intimidate, restrain - to compel or deter by or as if by threats
3.pall - cover with a pall
cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers"
4.pall - cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing; "Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite"
replete, sate, satiate, fill - fill to satisfaction; "I am sated"
5.pall - cause to become flat; "pall the beer"
alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
6.pall - lose sparkle or bouquet; "wine and beer can pall"
change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
7.pall - lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to); "the course palled on her"
weaken - become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
8.pall - lose interest or become bored with something or somebody; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food"
degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop - grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"
poop out, conk out, peter out, run down, run out - use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At the end of the march, I pooped out"
retire, withdraw - lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"

pall1
verb become boring, become dull, become tedious, become tiresome, jade, cloy, become wearisome The glamour of her job soon palled.

pall2
noun
1. cloud, shadow, veil, mantle, shroud A pall of black smoke drifted over the cliff-top.
2. gloom, damp, dismay, melancholy, damper, check His depression cast a pall on the proceedings.
Translations
pall1 [pɔːl] N
1. (on coffin) → paño m mortuorio (Rel) (= robe) → palio m
2. (fig) → manto m, capa f
a pall of smokeuna cortina de humo
to cast a pall over sthempañar algo

pall2 [pɔːl] VIperder el interés (on para) → dejar de gustar (on a) it palls after a timedespués de cierto tiempo deja de gustar
it never pallsnunca pierde su interés
I found the book palledencontré que el libro empezaba a aburrirme

pall [ˈpɔːl]
n [smoke] → voile m
to cast a pall over sth → jeter un froid sur qch
videvenir lassant
to pall on sb → lasser qn

pall1
n
(over coffin) → Bahrtuch nt, → Sargtuch nt; a pall of smoke (fig) (= covering)eine Dunstglocke; (rising in air) → eine Rauchwolke; her death cast a pall over the celebrations (fig)ihr Tod trübte die Stimmung auf der Feier
(Eccl) → Pallium nt

pall2
vian Reiz verlieren (on sb für jdn)

pall1 [pɔːl] n (on coffin) → drappo funebre; (of smoke) → coltre f, cappa
pall1 [pɔːl] n (on coffin) → drappo funebre; (of smoke) → coltre f, cappa
pall2 [pɔːl] vi to pall (on)perdere il proprio fascino (per), diventare noioso/a (per)
pall2 [pɔːl] vi to pall (on)perdere il proprio fascino (per), diventare noioso/a (per)

pall1
n pall [poːl]
the (usually dark-coloured) cloth which covers a coffin at a funeral a pall of purple-velvet; A pall of smoke hung over the town. kisdoek, doodskleed غِطاء النَّعْش плащаница příkrov; závoj, mrak dække; tæppe das Bahr- bzw. Leichentuchtuch, die Wolke βαρύ πέπλο paño mortuorio; cortina, manto sargakate روکش تابوت paariliina drap mortuaire, voile אֲרִיג אֶבֶל आवरण mrtvački pokrov szemfedél penutup peti mati líkkistuábreiða (drappo funebre) 棺おおい 관 덮개 (tamsus) dangalas, skraistė zārka pārklājs; tumšs aizsegs lurub baarkleed likklede całun pano mortu ário giulgiu покров príkrov; mrak mrtvaški prt; pregrinjalo, zavesa mrtvački pokrov []täcke, []ridå ผ้าคลุมหีบศพ tabut örtüsü 柩衣,棺罩 покривало جنازے کے اوپر کي چادر vải phủ ngoài áo quan

pall2
v pall [poːl]
to become boring or uninteresting Loud music soon palls. word vervelend يُصْبِحُ مُمِلاً омръзвам nudit, znechutit se blive uinteressant jeden Reiz verlieren χάνω το ενδιαφέρον μου hacerse pesado, aburrir, cansar tüütuks muutuma بی مزه شدن؛ دلزده کردن tympäistä lasser לְהַתחִיל לְשַׁעֲמֵם बेमज़ा हो जाना prezasititi,izgubiti draž unalmassá válik membosankan dofna; verða þreytandi (diventare noioso) 飽きる 싫증이 나다 nusibosti, įkyrėti apnikt menjemukan zijn aantrekkelijkheid verliezen miste tiltrekning; tape seg nudzić, nużyć perder o interesse a deveni mai puţin interesant надоедать omrzieť dolgočasiti dosaditi förlora sin dragningskraft ทำให้เนือยลง bıktırmak, sıkıcı olmak 厭倦,乏味 набридати بے مزہ ہونا nhạt nhẽo 倦,


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And so, instead of crying because she was the merest nobody, she must, forsooth, sail jauntily down Pall Mall, very trim as to her tackle and ticketed with the insufferable air of an engaged woman.
The "Typhoon" appeared in the early numbers of the Pall Mall Magazine, then under the direction of the late Mr.
Phileas Fogg, having shut the door of his house at half-past eleven, and having put his right foot before his left five hundred and seventy-five times, and his left foot before his right five hundred and seventy-six times, reached the Reform Club, an imposing edifice in Pall Mall, which could not have cost less than three millions.
 
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