Definitions for pall

Overview of noun pall

The noun pall has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. chill, pall

(a sudden numbing dread)

2. pall, shroud, cerement, winding-sheet, winding-clothes

(burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped)

3. curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall

(hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window))

Overview of verb pall

The verb pall has 8 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) pall, dull

(become less interesting or attractive)

2. daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare

(cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal")

3. pall

(cover with a pall)

4. cloy, 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. die, pall, become flat

(lose sparkle or bouquet; "wine and beer can pall")

7. pall

(lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to); "the course palled on her")

8. tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade

(lose interest or become bored with something or somebody; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food")