English noun: pall | |||
1. | pall (feeling) a sudden numbing dread | ||
Synonyms | chill | ||
Broader (hypernym) | apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread | ||
2. | pall (artifact) burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped | ||
Synonyms | cerement, shroud, winding-clothes, winding-sheet | ||
Broader (hypernym) | burial garment | ||
3. | pall (artifact) hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) | ||
Synonyms | curtain, drape, drapery, mantle | ||
Broader (hypernym) | blind, furnishing, screen | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | drop, drop cloth, drop curtain, festoon, frontal, portiere, shower curtain, theater curtain, theatre curtain | ||
Part holonym | eyehole, eyelet | ||
English verb: pall | |||
1. | pall (change) become less interesting or attractive | ||
Synonyms | dull | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
2. | pall (emotion) cause to lose courage | ||
Samples | Dashed by the refusal. | ||
Synonyms | dash, daunt, frighten away, frighten off, scare, scare away, scare off | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | intimidate, restrain | ||
3. | pall (contact) cover with a pall | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cover | ||
4. | pall (consumption) cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing | ||
Samples | Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite. | ||
Synonyms | cloy | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fill, replete, sate, satiate | ||
5. | pall (change) cause to become flat | ||
Samples | Pall the beer. | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
Cause | become flat, die, pall | ||
6. | pall (change) lose sparkle or bouquet | ||
Samples | Wine and beer can pall. | ||
Synonyms | become flat, die | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
7. | pall (change) lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to) | ||
Samples | The course palled on her. | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | weaken | ||
8. | pall (body) lose interest or become bored with something or somebody | ||
Samples | I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food. | ||
Synonyms | fatigue, jade, tire, weary | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | conk out, peter out, poop out, retire, run down, run out, withdraw | ||