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• pall — [n] cloud, gloom cloak, cloth, covering, damp, damper, dismay, mantle, melancholy, shadow, shroud, veil; concepts 620,674 Ant. brightness, excitement, happiness pall [v] bore, tire become dull, become tedious, cloy, disgust, fill, glut, gorge,… …   New thesaurus

• pall — Ⅰ. pall [1] ► NOUN 1) a cloth spread over a coffin, hearse, or tomb. 2) a dark cloud of smoke, dust, etc. 3) an enveloping air of gloom or fear. 4) an ecclesiastical pallium. ORIGIN Latin pallium covering, cloak . Ⅱ …   English terms dictionary

• pall — [[t]pɔ͟ːl[/t]] palls, palled 1) VERB: no cont If something palls, it becomes less interesting or less enjoyable after a period of time. Already the allure of meals in restaurants had begun to pall. Syn: wear off 2) N COUNT: usu N of n If a pall… …   English dictionary

• cloud — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. haze (see cloudiness, obscurity); flight (see assemblage). II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Fog at a distance from the earth] Syn. haze, mist, rack, fogginess, haziness, film, puff, billow, frost, nebula,… …   English dictionary for students

• pall — I UK [pɔːl] / US [pɔl] noun Word forms pall : singular pall plural palls 1) [singular] something such as smoke, dust, or cloud that covers an area and makes it darker pall of: a thick pall of cigarette smoke 2) a) [countable] a coffin b) a thick… …   English dictionary

• pall — pall1 [po:l US po:l] v [I not in progressive] literary [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: appal] if something palls, it becomes less interesting or enjoyable because you have experienced it before ▪ Gradually, the novelty of city life began to pall. pall… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• pall — pall1 [ pɔl ] noun 1. ) singular something such as smoke, dust, or cloud that covers an area and makes it darker: pall of: a thick pall of cigarette smoke 2. ) count a COFFIN a ) a thick cloth used for covering a COFFIN cast a pall over something …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• pall — 1 verb (transitive + on/upon) if something palls on you, it becomes uninteresting or unpleasant, because you have done, used, heard, or seen it too often or for too long: Gradually the novelty of city life began to pall. 2 noun 1 a pall of… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• pall — I noun 1) a rich velvet pall Syn: funeral cloth, coffin covering 2) a pall of black smoke Syn: cloud, covering, cloak, veil, shroud, layer, blanket • …   Thesaurus of popular words

• cloud — 1. noun 1) dark clouds Syn: storm cloud, cloudbank, cloud cover; mackerel sky 2) a cloud of exhaust smoke Syn: mass, billow; pall, mantle, blanket 2. verb 1) th …   Thesaurus of popular words

• pall — [pɔːl] noun [singular] I something such as smoke, dust, or cloud that covers an area and makes it darker • cast a pall over sth to create an unpleasant situation or mood[/ex] His comments cast a pall over the meeting.[/ex] II verb [I] pall [pɔːl] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English