Scrabble Points: | Base[6] | DW[12] | TW[18]
WWF Points: | Base[9] | DW[18] | TW[27] |
noun |
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. A covering that darkens or obscures: a pall of smoke over the city. |
4. A gloomy effect or atmosphere: "A pall of depressed indifference hung over Petrograd during February and March 1916” ( W. Bruce Lincoln). |
5. Ecclesiastical A linen cloth or a square of cardboard faced with cloth used to cover the chalice. |
6. Ecclesiastical See pallium. |
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verb-intransitive |
1. To become insipid, boring, or wearisome. |
2. To have a dulling, wearisome, or boring effect. |
3. To become cloyed or satiated. |
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verb-transitive |
1. To cover with or as if with a pall. |
2. To cloy; satiate. |
3. To make vapid or wearisome. |
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| Example Sentence with pall |
| But to me one of the most troubling aspects of the current administration's pall is the attempt by its followers to supress any kind of dissent, especially if it is laced with humor. |
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Localization - n
- A determination of the location of something; "he got a good fix on the target"
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