pal \pal\, n. etymol. uncertain.
   a mate; a partner; esp., an accomplice or confederate.
   slang
   1913 webster

pal
     n : a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their
         activities syn: buddy, brother, chum, crony, sidekick
     v : become friends; act friendly towards syn: pal up, chum
         up
     also: palling, palled
see also:
buddy brother chum crony sidekick pal up 
chum up palling palled 

75 moby thesaurus words for "pal":
   ace, amigo, associate, associate with, assort with, bedfellow,
   bedmate, bosom buddy, buddy, bunkie, bunkmate, butty, camarade,
   chamberfellow, chum, chum together, chum with, classmate, clique,
   clique with, club together, colleague, comate, companion, company,
   compeer, comrade, confrere, consociate, consort, consort with,
   copartner, crony, fellow, fellow student, fellowship,
   flock together, fraternize, girl friend, gossip, hang around with,
   hang out with, herd together, hobnob with, join,
   join in fellowship, keep company with, mate, messmate, mingle with,
   mix with, old crony, pal up with, pal with, pard, pardner, partner,
   playfellow, playmate, roommate, run, run in couples, run with,
   schoolfellow, schoolmate, shipmate, side partner, sidekick,
   sort with, take up with, teammate, tie up with, workfellow,
   yokefellow, yokemate

pal
     paradox application language borland, db
     
     

pal
     privileged architecture library dec, alpha
     
     

pal
     phase alternating line
     
     

pal
     programmable array logic
     
     

pal
     
        1.  paradox application language.
     
        2. for the avance distributed persistent operating
        system.
     
        "pal reference manual", m. ahlsen et al, syslab wp-125,
        stockholm 1987.
     
        "avance: an object management system", a. bjornerstedt et al,
        sigplan notices 2311:206-221 oopsla '88 nov 1988.
     
        what is it?
     
        3.  an object-oriented prolog-like language.
     
        "inheritance hierarchy mechanism in prolog", k. akama, proc
        logic prog '86, lncs 264, springer 1986, pp. 12-21.
     
        4.  pdp assembly language.
     
        5.  pedagogic algorithmic language.
     
        6.  programmable array logic.
     
        7.  phase alternating line.
     
        2001-04-02
     
     
see also:
paradox application language avance persistent operating system object-oriented prolog 
pdp assembly language pedagogic algorithmic language programmable array logic phase alternating line