Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pall
3 senses of pall
Sense 1
chill, pall -- (a sudden numbing dread)
=> apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread -- (fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension")
Sense 2
pall, shroud, cerement, winding-sheet, winding-clothes -- (burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped)
=> burial garment -- (cloth used to cover a corpse in preparation for burial)
Sense 3
curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall -- (hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window))
=> blind, screen -- (a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet")
=> furnishing -- ((usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb pall
8 senses of pall
Sense 1
pall, dull -- (become less interesting or attractive)
=> change -- (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night")
Sense 2
daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare -- (cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal")
=> intimidate, restrain -- (to compel or deter by or as if by threats)
Sense 3
pall -- (cover with a pall)
=> cover -- (provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers")
Sense 4
cloy, pall -- (cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing; "Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite")
=> satiate, sate, replete, fill -- (fill to satisfaction; "I am sated")
Sense 5
pall -- (cause to become flat; "pall the beer")
=> change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")
Sense 6
die, pall, become flat -- (lose sparkle or bouquet; "wine and beer can pall")
=> change -- (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night")
Sense 7
pall -- (lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to); "the course palled on her")
=> weaken -- (become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days")
Sense 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")
=> devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate -- (grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match")