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- n a sudden numbing dread
- n burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
- n hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
- v become less interesting or attractive
- v cause to lose courage
- v cover with a pall
- v cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing
- v cause to become flat
pall the beer - v lose sparkle or bouquet
wine and beer can pall - v lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to)
the course palled on her - v lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
- Honorary pall bearers (see names above) First Reading: Curran Raclin, the Senator's stepson.
- Then the signs were unmistakable, like the pall of smoke over the Amazon rain forest, where farmers and ranchers set fires to clear land.
- The media pall over his reputation was impossible to overcome.