pall

n.

1. A cover for a coffin, bier, or tomb, often made of black, purple, or white velvet.
2. A coffin, especially one being carried to a grave or tomb.
3. 1. A covering that darkens or obscures: a pall of smoke over the city.
   2. A gloomy effect or atmosphere: "A pall of depressed indifference hung over Petrograd during February and March 1916" (W. Bruce Lincoln).
4. Ecclesiastical.
   1. A linen cloth or a square of cardboard faced with cloth used to cover the chalice.
   2. See pallium (sense 2).

tr.v., palled, pall·ing, palls.
To cover with or as if with a pall.

[Middle English pal, from Old English pæll, cloak, covering, from Latin pallium.]

pall² (pôl)

v., palled, pall·ing, palls.

v.intr.

1. To become insipid, boring, or wearisome.
2. To have a dulling, wearisome, or boring effect.
3. To become cloyed or satiated.

v.tr.

1. To cloy; satiate.
2. To make vapid or wearisome.

[Middle English pallen, to grow feeble, probably short for appallen. See appall.]

verb

To satisfy to the full or to excess: cloy, engorge, glut, gorge, sate, satiate, surfeit. See excess/insufficiency/enough, full/empty/capacity.

n

Definition: cloud, gloom
Antonyms: brightness, excitement, happiness

v

Definition: bore, tire
Antonyms: brighten, excite, make happy

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IN BRIEF: To make dull or uninteresting. Also: A covering that darkens or obscures.

The wildfires left a pall of smoke over the region.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - ligklæde, tæppe
v. tr. - dække

idioms:

• cast a pall over    kaste en skygge over

2.
v. intr. - miste sin tiltrækning, tabe interessen
v. tr. - blive træt af

Nederlands (Dutch)
tegenstaan, vervelend worden, verzadigd raken, bedekken met mantel/ kleed, baarkleed, doodkist, pallium, mantel (figuurlijk)

Français (French)
1.
n. - drap mortuaire, nuage (de poussière), manteau (de mystère)
v. tr. - couvrir d'un drap mortuaire

idioms:

• cast a pall over    assombrir

2.
v. intr. - se lasser de, devenir insipide, ennuyeux, ou fatigant
v. tr. - lasser, rendre lassant

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Sargtuch
v. - umhÜllen, einhÜllen

idioms:

• cast a pall over    eine gedrückte Stimmung verbreiten

2.
v. - langweilig werden

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - επικάλυμμα φέρετρου, φέρετρο, σάβανο, σύννεφο (καπνού), στρώμα
v. - προκαλώ ανία, κουράζω, βαριέμαι, χάνω τη λάμψη μου/το ενδιαφέρον μου

idioms:

• cast a pall over    αμαυρώνω

Italiano (Italian)
venire a noia, saziare, stancare, drappo funebre, pallio, cappa, coltre, manto, feretro, bara

idioms:

• cast a pall over    spargere malinconia su, stendere un velo pietoso su

Português (Portuguese)
n. - mortalha (f), pálio (m), pala (f), manto (m)
v. - cobrir com uma mortalha, perder a graça

idioms:

• cast a pall over    tornar algo deprimente

Русский (Russian)
надоесть, пресытиться, покров

idioms:

• cast a pall over    омрачить

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - paño mortuorio, palio, manto, ataúd
v. tr. - cubrir con el paño mortuorio, amortajar

idioms:

• cast a pall over    lanzar una nota ominosa sobre, empañar

2.
v. intr. - tornarse insípido, aburrido o cansador, saciarse
v. tr. - perder su sabor, dejar de gustar, cansar, saciar, hartar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (bår-)täcke, mörkt täcke (hölje)
v. - tappa intresset, tröttna, trubba av, tråka ut

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 棺罩, 遮盖物, 幕, 柩衣, 罩布, 给...盖上棺罩, 覆盖

idioms:

• cast a pall over    在...罩上一层覆盖物

2. 变得乏味, 感到腻烦, 失去吸引力, 厌倦, 使腻烦, 使厌倦

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. intr. - 變得乏味, 感到膩煩, 失去吸引力, 厭倦
v. tr. - 使膩煩, 使厭倦

2.
n. - 棺罩, 遮蓋物, 幕, 柩衣, 罩布
v. tr. - 給...蓋上棺罩, 覆蓋

idioms:

• cast a pall over    在...罩上一層覆蓋物

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 관 덮는 보, 휘장, 외투
v. tr. - ~을 덮다, ~에 관덮개를 덮다

idioms:

• cast a pall over    관보를 덮다

2.
v. intr. - 시시해지다, 흥미를 잃다
v. tr. - 물리게 하다, ~의 맛을 없게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 棺覆い, 棺, 幕
v. - つまらなくなる, まずくなる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) طيلسان البابا, غطاء النعش, نعش (فعل) يتخم, يغطي, يضعف, يوهن, يصبح تافها أو بغيضا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עטיפת אבל על ארון-מתים או קבר, מעטה כבד, רצועת-כתף הנענדת כסמל לסמכות כנסייתית, פרוכת הנפרשת על מזבח בכנסייה‬
v. tr. - ‮כיסה במעטה כבד‬
v. intr. - ‮ייגע, שעמם, נעשה תפל‬
v. tr. - ‮עייף, שעמם, פיטם, הגדיש‬

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