pall
🇺🇸
/pɔːl/
🇬🇧
/pɔːl/
noun
R
A heavy, dark cloud of something, usually making people feel sad or less hopeful.
The sad news brought a pall of sadness over the celebration.
R
A cloth that covers a coffin.
A pall was draped over the coffin at the funeral.
verb
R
To become less interesting or boring because it is too familiar.
At first, the game was fun, but it began to pall after playing it for hours.
translation
A heavy, dark cloud of something, usually making people feel sad or less hopeful.; A cloth that covers a coffin.
To become less interesting or boring because it is too familiar.
Word Forms
Plural
palls
Progressive
palling
Past
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Perfect
palling
3rd Present
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