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pall
(p/O/l )

noun (n)

  • a sudden numbing dread(noun.feeling)
    Synonym:
    chill
    source: wordnet30
  • burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    cerement, shroud, winding-clothes, winding-sheet
    source: wordnet30
  • hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    curtain, drape, drapery, mantle
    source: wordnet30
  • Same as Pawl.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • An outer garment; a cloak mantle.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • Nausea.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • become less interesting or attractive(verb.change)
    Synonym:
    dull
    source: wordnet30
  • cause to lose courage(verb.emotion)
    Synonym:
    dash, daunt, frighten away, frighten off, scare, scare away, scare off
    source: wordnet30
  • cover with a pall(verb.contact)
    source: wordnet30
  • cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing(verb.consumption)
    Synonym:
    cloy
    source: wordnet30
  • cause to become flat(verb.change)
    Example:
    Pall the beer.
    source: wordnet30
  • lose sparkle or bouquet(verb.change)
    Example:
    Wine and beer can pall.
    Synonym:
    become flat, die
    source: wordnet30
  • lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to)(verb.change)
    Example:
    The course palled on her.
    source: wordnet30
  • lose interest or become bored with something or somebody(verb.body)
    Synonym:
    fatigue, jade, tire, weary
    source: wordnet30
  • To cloak.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To become vapid, tasteless, dull, or insipid; to lose strength, life, spirit, or taste; as, the liquor palls.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull; to weaken.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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