n. | 1. | Same as Pawl. |
1. | An outer garment; a cloak mantle. | |
2. | A kind of rich stuff used for garments in the Middle Ages. | |
3. | (R. C. Ch.) Same as Pallium. | |
4. | (Her.) A figure resembling the Roman Catholic pallium, or pall, and having the form of the letter Y. | |
5. | A large cloth, esp., a heavy black cloth, thrown over a coffin at a funeral; sometimes, also, over a tomb. | |
6. | (Eccl.) A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side; - used to put over the chalice. | |
v. t. | 1. | To cloak. |
v. i. | 1. | To become vapid, tasteless, dull, or insipid; to lose strength, life, spirit, or taste; |
v. t. | 1. | To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull; to weaken. |
2. | To satiate; to cloy; | |
n. | 1. | Nausea. |
Noun | 1. | pall - a sudden numbing dread Synonyms: chill |
2. | pall - burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped | |
3. | pall - hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) | |
Verb | 1. | pall - become less interesting or attractive Synonyms: dull |
2. | pall - cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal" | |
3. | pall - cover with a pall | |
4. | pall - cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing; "Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite" Synonyms: cloy | |
5. | pall - cause to become flat; "pall the beer" | |
6. | pall - lose sparkle or bouquet; "wine and beer can pall" Synonyms: become flat, die | |
7. | pall - lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to); "the course palled on her" | |
8. | pall - get tired of something or somebody |