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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.]
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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]
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.
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
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| Noun | 1. | pall - a sudden numbing dread 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 wrappedburial garment - cloth used to cover a corpse in preparation for burial | |
| 3. |  pall - 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 | |
| Verb | 1. | 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" | |
| 5. | pall - cause to become flat; "pall the beer" | |
| 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" |
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pall
1verb become boring, become dull, become tedious, become tiresome, jade, cloy, become wearisome The glamour of her job soon palled.
pall
2noun
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Translations
غِطاء النَّعْشيُصْبِحُ مُمِلاً
mraknuditpříkrovzávojznechutit se
blive uinteressantdækketæppe
dofna; verîa òreytandilíkkistuábreiîa
apnikttumšs aizsegszārka pārklājs
omrzieťpríkrov
bıktırmaksıkıcı olmaktabut örtüsü
pall
1 [pɔːl] N2. (fig) → manto m, capa f
a pall of smoke → una cortina de humo
to cast a pall over sth → empañar algo
a pall of smoke → una cortina de humo
to cast a pall over sth → empañar algo
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 gustarit never palls → nunca pierde su interés
I found the book palled → encontré que el libro empezaba a aburrirme
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pall
[ˈpɔːl]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
pall
1n
(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
pall
2vi → an Reiz verlieren (on sb für jdn)
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pall
1 [pɔːl] n (on coffin) → drappo funebre; (of smoke) → coltre f, cappapall
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.
pall2
(poːl) verb to become boring or uninteresting. Loud music soon palls.
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