pall

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.

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

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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.

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

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pall

(pɔːl)

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. (Heraldry) heraldry an ordinary consisting of a Y-shaped bearing

6. (Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity

a. a small square linen cloth with which the chalice is covered at the Eucharist

b. an archaic word for pallium²

7. (Clothing & Fashion) an obsolete word for cloak

vb

(tr) to cover or depress with a pall

[Old English pæll, from Latin: pallium]

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pall

(pɔːl)

vb

1. (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

[C14: variant of appal]

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pall¹

(pɔl)

n.

1. something that covers, shrouds, or overspreads, esp. with darkness or gloom.

2. a cloth for spreading over a coffin, bier, or tomb.

3. a coffin.

4.

a. pallium (def. 2).

b. a linen cloth or a square cloth-covered piece of cardboard used to cover a chalice.

5. Archaic. a cloth spread upon an altar; corporal.

6. Archaic. a garment, esp. a robe, cloak, or the like.

v.t.

7. to cover with or as if with a pall.

[before 900; Middle English; Old English pæll pope's pallium < Latin pallium cloak]

pall²

(pɔl)

v.i.

1. to have a wearying or tiresome effect.

2. to become distasteful or unpleasant.

3. to become satiated or cloyed with something.

v.t.

4. to satiate or cloy.

5. to make dull, distasteful, or unpleasant.

[1350–1400; Middle English, aph. variant of appallen to appall]

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pall

, pallbearer - Pallbearer is based on pall, which was first a cloth spread over a coffin, hearse, or tomb.

See also related terms for tomb.

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pall

Past participle: palled
Gerund: palling

Imperative

pall

pall

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pall - a sudden numbing dread chill apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread - fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"
	2.	pall - burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped cerement, winding-clothes, winding-sheet, shroud burial garment - cloth used to cover a corpse in preparation for burial
	3.	pall - hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) curtain, drape, drapery, mantle 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
Verb	1.	pall - become less interesting or attractive dull 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" daunt, frighten away, frighten off, scare away, scare off, scare, dash 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" cloy 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" become flat, die 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" fatigue, jade, tire, weary 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"

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pall

¹

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

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pall

²

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.

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pall

verb

To satisfy to the full or to excess:

cloy, engorge, glut, gorge, sate, satiate, surfeit.

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Translations

غِطاء النَّعْشيُصْبِحُ مُمِلاً

mraknuditpříkrovzávojznechutit se

blive uinteressantdækketæppe

LeichentuchWolke

draplasser

dofna; verîa òreytandilíkkistuábreiîa

drappo funebrecappadiventare noioso

apnikttumšs aizsegszārka pārklājs

likkledetape seg

omrzieťpríkrov

bıktırmaksıkıcı olmaktabut örtüsü

乏味厌倦柩衣棺罩

pall

¹ [pɔːl] N

1. (on coffin) → paño m mortuorio (Rel) (= robe) → palio m

2. (fig) → manto m, capa f
a pall of smoke → una cortina de humo
to cast a pall over sth → empañar algo

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pall

² [pɔːl] VI → perder el interés (on para) → dejar de gustar (on a) it palls after a time → después de cierto tiempo deja de gustar
it never palls → nunca pierde su interés
I found the book palled → encontré que el libro empezaba a aburrirme

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

pall

[ˈpɔːl]

n [smoke] → voile m
to cast a pall over sth → jeter un froid sur qch

vi → devenir lassant
to pall on sb → lasser qn

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

pall

¹

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

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pall

²

vi → an Reiz verlieren (on sb für jdn)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

pall

¹ [pɔːl] n (on coffin) → drappo funebre; (of smoke) → coltre f, cappa

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pall

² [pɔːl] vi to pall (on) → perdere il proprio fascino (per), diventare noioso/a (per)

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

pall¹

(poːl) noun

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 pano mortuário příkrov; závoj, mrak das Bahr- bzw. Leichentuchtuch, die Wolke dække; tæppe 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 baarkleedlikklede całun کفن pano mortu ário giulgiu покров príkrov; mrak mrtvaški prt; pregrinjalo, zavesa mrtvački pokrov [bår]täcke, [rök]ridå ผ้าคลุมหีบศพ tabut örtüsü 柩衣，棺罩 покривало جنازے کے اوپر کي چادر vải phủ ngoài áo quan 柩衣，棺罩

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pall²

(poːl) verb

to become boring or uninteresting. Loud music soon palls. word vervelend يُصْبِحُ مُمِلاً омръзвам tornar-se entediante nudit, znechutit se jeden Reiz verlieren blive uinteressant 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 segnudzić, nużyć بی خونده کیدل 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 厌倦，乏味

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