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# pall

«pall» in Mova's school dictionary: **a dark cloth or covering spread over something** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun; verb (pall, palls, palled, palling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (old use) A pall is a dark cloth or covering spread over something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pall/#m1)

2) A pall is a dark feeling of gloom or sadness that spreads over things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pall/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a pall of leaves or of mist covers the ground; a pall of gloom hangs over a place

### examples

- The robins had collected a pall of leaves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pall/#x1)
- A pall of smoke hung over the town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pall/#x2)
- A sad pall fell over the house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pall/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pall» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pall/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.