pall

Noun
  1. A sudden numbing dread (synset 107552647)
    is a type of: apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread - fearful expectation or anticipation
    same as: chill
  2. Burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped (synset 103884813)
    is a type of: burial garment - cloth used to cover a corpse in preparation for burial
    same as: cerement, shroud, winding-clothes, winding-sheet
  3. Hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) (synset 103155743)
    is a type of:
    • blind, screen - a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight
    • furnishing - (usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable
    subtypes:
    • drop, drop cloth, drop curtain - a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
    • festoon - a curtain of fabric draped and bound at intervals to form graceful curves
    • frontal - a drapery that covers the front of an altar
    • portiere - a heavy curtain hung across a doorway
    • shower curtain - a curtain that keeps water from splashing out of the shower area
    • theater curtain, theatre curtain - a hanging cloth that conceals the stage from the view of the audience; rises or parts at the beginning and descends or closes between acts and at the end of a performance
    has: eyehole, eyelet - a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar
    same as: curtain, drape, drapery, mantle
Verb
  1. Become less interesting or attractive (synset 200539279)
    is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
    same as: dull
  2. Cause to lose courage (synset 201789567)
    "dashed by the refusal"
    is a type of: intimidate - to compel or deter by or as if by threats
    same as: dash, daunt, frighten away, frighten off, scare, scare away, scare off
  3. Cover with a pall (synset 201338270)
    is a type of: cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered
  4. Cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing (synset 201196465)
    "Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite"
    is a type of: fill, replete, sate, satiate - fill to satisfaction
    same as: cloy
  5. Cause to become flat (synset 200539534)
    "pall the beer"
    causes: become flat, die, pall - lose sparkle or bouquet
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
  6. Lose sparkle or bouquet (synset 200539403)
    "wine and beer can pall"
    is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
    same as: become flat, die
  7. Lose strength or effectiveness;
    Become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to) (synset 200392844)
    "the course palled on her"
    is a type of: weaken - become weaker
  8. Lose interest or become bored with something or somebody (synset 200075867)
    "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food"
    is a type of: degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop - grow worse
    subtypes:
    same as: fatigue, jade, tire, weary

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