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Pall (disambiguation); Palls
pall
(palls, palled)
1.
If something palls, it becomes less interesting or less enjoyable after a period of time.
Already the allure of meals in restaurants had begun to pall.
VERB: no cont, V
2.
If a pall of smoke hangs over a place, there is a thick cloud of smoke above it.
A pall of oily black smoke drifted over the cliff-top.
N-COUNT: usu N of n
3.
If something unpleasant casts a pall over an event or occasion, it makes it less enjoyable than it should be.
The unrest has cast a pall over what is usually a day of national rejoicing...
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n
pall
pall1 [p?:l]
¦ noun
1. a cloth spread over a coffin, hearse, or tomb.
2. a dark cloud of smoke, dust, etc.
3. an enveloping air of gloom or fear.
4. an ecclesiastical pallium.
Heraldry a Y-shaped charge representing the front of an ecclesiastical pallium.
Origin
OE p?ll 'rich (purple) cloth, cloth cover for a chalice', from L. pallium 'covering, cloak'.
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pall2 [p?:l]
¦ verb become less appealing or interesting through familiarity.
Origin
ME: shortening of appal.
pall
I
n.
blanket of gloom
to cast a pall over
II
v. (D; intr.) ('to become less attractive') to pall on, upon (her constant preaching began to pall on everyone)
Wikipedia
Pall
Pall may refer to:
- Pall (funeral), a cloth used to cover a coffin
- Pall (heraldry), a Y-shaped heraldic charge
- Pall (liturgy), a piece of stiffened linen used to cover the chalice at the Eucharist
- Pall Corporation, a global business
- Pall., author abbreviation of German naturalist Peter Simon Pallas
- Pallium, a vestment pertaining to an archbishop
- Pall (name)
- Páll, name
Examples of use of pall
1. Bachchan plays the role of Zinta‘s father in Har Pall.
2. Berezovsky was a pall–bearer at Litvinenko‘s funeral.
3. Little wonder, then, that their attraction never seems to pall.
4. Troubling ties But troubled relations with Russia are casting a pall over these efforts.
5. An acrid pall of smoke from Iraq will billow across that conference hall.