pall
1a cloth, often of velvet, for spreading over a coffin, bier, or tomb.
a coffin.
anything that covers, shrouds, or overspreads, especially with darkness or gloom.
Ecclesiastical.
a linen cloth or a square cloth-covered piece of cardboard used to cover a chalice.
Heraldry. pairle.
Archaic. a cloth spread upon an altar; corporal.
Archaic. a garment, especially a robe, cloak, or the like.
to cover with or as with a pall.
Origin of pall
1Other words for pall
Other words from pall
- pall-like, adjective
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Other definitions for pall (2 of 2)
to have a wearying or tiresome effect (usually followed by on or upon).
to become distasteful or unpleasant.
to become satiated or cloyed with something.
to satiate or cloy.
to make dull, distasteful, or unpleasant.
Origin of pall
2Other words for pall
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How to use pall in a sentence
In late May, China’s State Council signaled a crackdown on cryptocurrency mining, causing bitcoin’s price to plummet by 30% and casting a pall across the entire industry, which collectively lost over $1 trillion in value.
Why China Is Cracking Down on Bitcoin Mining and What It Could Mean for Other Countries | Charlie Campbell / Chengdu and Shanghai | June 2, 2021 | TimeI can think of few events which cast a greater pall over the Senate than the untimely death of our beloved colleague, Lester Hunt.
Our politics is no uglier or more dysfunctional than in the past | Kyle Longley | May 14, 2021 | Washington PostEven without the pall of the horse’s failed drug test, you’re better off fading Medina Spirit in the Preakness Stakes.
Two horses that can beat Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit at the Preakness Stakes | Neil Greenberg | May 13, 2021 | Washington PostWhile pandemic pall is visceral, climate change can feel far off, requiring effort to remain engaged, or at a minimum, to keep paying attention.
Six ways to stay balanced during the climate crisis | Ariella Cook-Shonkoff, Neelu Tummala | April 7, 2021 | Washington PostThe battles in the late 1980s over controversial artwork exhibited by NEA-funded institutions — namely, photographs by Andres Serrano and Robert Mapplethorpe — cast a frustrating pall over government support that dogs the issue to this day.
The culture is ailing. It’s time for a Dr. Fauci for the arts. | Peter Marks | December 2, 2020 | Washington Post
It cast this pall over the movie, which was one of my favorites of last year.
Coffee Talk with Ethan Hawke: On ‘Boyhood,’ Jennifer Lawrence, and Bill Clinton’s Urinal Exchange | Marlow Stern | December 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDad was lying on his bed in his underwear and T-shirt smoking a pall Mall.
He took a cigarette from a pack of pall Malls on the bedside table.
Stanley Booth on the Life and Hard Times of Blues Genius Furry Lewis | Stanley Booth | June 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere was literally a pall over the city when the Rangers won the first two games.
We may think it has to do with some moody pall over his administration right now.
Obama Loves ‘Breaking Bad’ Because Of Course He Does | Kevin Fallon | December 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe sudden pall of darkness in this strange house of mystery was just a tiny bit awesome.
The Boarded-Up House | Augusta Huiell SeamanThe corpse was lying in a narrow coffin, upon a low bier, both of which were covered with a white pall.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferChains creaked, hinges groaned, and the great black pall above him began gradually to rise.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniNext the artist changed to the string of pity, and thoughts of the worlds sorrows came over him like a pall.
The Fifth String | John Philip SousaAccustomed as he was to open appreciation by the sex, it never seemed to pall on him.
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British Dictionary definitions for pall (1 of 2)
/ (pɔːl) /
a cloth covering, usually black, spread over a coffin or tomb
a coffin, esp during the funeral ceremony
a dark heavy covering; shroud: the clouds formed a pall over the sky
a depressing or oppressive atmosphere: her bereavement cast a pall on the party
heraldry an ordinary consisting of a Y-shaped bearing
Christianity
a small square linen cloth with which the chalice is covered at the Eucharist
an archaic word for pallium (def. 2)
an obsolete word for cloak
(tr) to cover or depress with a pall
Origin of pall
1British Dictionary definitions for pall (2 of 2)
/ (pɔːl) /
(intr often foll by on) to become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to): history classes palled on me
to cloy or satiate, or become cloyed or satiated
Origin of pall
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