pall

[US]/pɔːl/
[UK]/pɔːl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a cloth spread over a coffin; a covering; a curtain
vt. to cover; to make dull
vi. to become insipid
Word Forms
Past Tensepalled
Pluralpalls
Present Participlepalling
Third Person Singularpalls
Past Participlepalled

Phrases & Collocations

pall of smoke

pall of sadness

pall ring

Example Sentences

their talk must pall on people.

They palled up at college.

hanging palls of smoke.

a pall of smoke over the city.

a black pall of smoke hung over Valletta.

she palled up with a lot of English chaps.

a pall of black smoke hung over the quarry.

Sight-seeing never palled on him.

torture and murder have cast a pall of terror over the villages.

we got acquainted but we never really palled around.

Conclusion: The carbohydrate and extract of Aquilegia viridiflora Pall are an important index of the quality standard for Aquilegia viridiflora Pall.

Real-world Examples

No. She'll go into state mourning and cast a pall over the whole proceedings.

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Segmented Version) Season 3

WHEN world leaders gathered in Paris to discuss cutting planet-heating emissions, a pall of smog hung over Beijing.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Being theatrical to no audience but oneself must soon pall.

Source: One Shilling Candle (Part Two)

These macroeconomic trends have cast a pall over the quarterly earnings season in general.

Source: Selected English short passages

Trust you to cast a pall of doom over our successful day.

Source: Downton Abbey Video Version (Season 6)

She'll go into state mourning and cast a pall over the whole proceedings.

Source: Downton Abbey Season 3

The heat hung over it like a pall.

Source: Veil

A look of pain came across him, and he flung the rich pall over the picture.

Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray

We must pall the barge all its length in blackest samite.

Source: Anne of Green Gables (Original Version)

The color of the pall was green, streaked with dark spots.

Source: Resurrection

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