Pall - Definition

n 1: a sudden numbing dread [syn: chill, pall]
2: burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped [syn: pall,
shroud, cerement, winding-sheet, winding-clothes]
3: hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) [syn:
curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall]
v 1: become less interesting or attractive [syn: pall, dull]
2: cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal" [syn: daunt,
dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away,
frighten away, scare]
3: cover with a pall
4: cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing; "Too
much spicy food cloyed his appetite" [syn: cloy, pall]
5: cause to become flat; "pall the beer"
6: lose sparkle or bouquet; "wine and beer can pall" [syn:
die, pall, become flat]
7: lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring,
insipid, or tiresome (to); "the course palled on her"
8: lose interest or become bored with something or somebody;
"I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my
food" [syn: tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade]