pall

pall¹ (pôl)

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.

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 ¹

Noun

1. a cloth spread over a coffin

2. a coffin at a funeral ceremony

3. a dark heavy covering: a pall of smoke and dust hung in the air

4. a depressing atmosphere: a pall hung on them all after his death [Latin pallium cloak]

pall ²

Verb

to become boring or uninteresting, esp. by continuing for too long: any pleasure had palled long before the two-hour programme was over [variant of appal]

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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"