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pall

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pall in WordNet English dictionary

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