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pall

/ pall /
verb/noun

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
become less interesting or attractive
Type of:
change
Derived:
bore dullard
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
noun Sense 2
burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
Type of:
burial garment
Derived:
shroud enshroud hide cover
verb Sense 3
lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to)
"the course palled on her"
Type of:
weaken
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 4
cover with a pall
Type of:
cover
Derived:
curtain drape drapery mantle shroud
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 5
cause to become flat
"pall the beer"
Type of:
change alter modify
Causes:
die become flat
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
noun Sense 6
a sudden numbing dread
Type of:
apprehension apprehensiveness dread
Derived:
daunt dash scare off frighten off scare away
verb Sense 7
get tired of something or somebody
Type of:
devolve deteriorate drop
Kinds of:
poop out peter out run down run out conk out
Derived:
hack jade nag plug fatigue
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 8
lose sparkle or bouquet
"wine and beer can pall"
Type of:
change
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 9
cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing
"Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite"
Type of:
satiate sate replete
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 10
cause to lose courage
"dashed by the refusal"
Type of:
intimidate restrain
Derived:
panic scare chill
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s on something
noun Sense 11
hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
Type of:
blind screen furnishings
Kinds of:
drop curtain drop cloth drop festoon frontal
Derived:
curtain
Semantic Complexity
96%
Sense Count
11
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
59
Times Searched
3
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change burial garment weaken cover alter modify apprehension apprehensiveness dread devolve deteriorate drop