pall (redirected from palls)

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.]

---

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]

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"

---

pall ¹

noun 1. cloud, shadow, veil, mantle, shroud

noun 2. gloom, damp, dismay, melancholy, damper, check

---

pall ²

verb (often with on) become boring, become dull, become tedious, become tiresome, jade, cloy, become wearisome

Translations

pall [pɔːl] n [of smoke] → cortina

vi → cansar

---

pall [pɔːl] n [of smoke] → voile m

vi to pall (on) → devenir lassant (pour)

---

pall [pɔːl] n (= cloud of smoke) → (Rauch)wolke f

vi → an Reiz verlieren

---

pall [pɔːl] n [of smoke] → cappa

vi to pall (on) → diventare noioso/a (a)

---

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 덮는 보, 장막 (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 柩衣，棺罩