Noun
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hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
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burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
- winding sheet - winding clothes -
a sudden numbing dread
Verb
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lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
"I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food"
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lose strength or effectiveness
become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to)
"the course palled on her"
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lose sparkle or bouquet
"wine and beer can pall"
- become flat -
cause to become flat
"pall the beer"
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cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing
"Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite"
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cover with a pall
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cause to lose courage
"dashed by the refusal"
- scare off - frighten off - scare away - frighten away -
become less interesting or attractive