(v): undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
(v): cause to lose courage
(v): to compel or deter by or as if by threats
(v): cover with a pall
(v): provide with a covering or cause to be covered
(v): cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing
(v): fill to satisfaction
(v): cause to become flat
(v): cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
(v): lose sparkle or bouquet
(v): undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
(v): lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to)
(v): become weaker
(v): lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
(v): grow worse
(n): a sudden numbing dread
(n): fearful expectation or anticipation
(n): burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
(n): cloth used to cover a corpse in preparation for burial
(n): hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
(n): a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight
(n): (usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable
All stubble is being burned, a chiffon pall
is settling over round flesh-tiny hills, it seems haunches
of supine bodies unbreathing after a fall.
- Peter Reading, Burning Stubble, from For the Municipality's Elderly, 1974