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Pale

see synonyms of pale

Noun

1. pale, picket

a wooden strip forming part of a fence

Verb

2. blanch, blench, pale

turn pale, as if in fear

Adjective

3. pale

very light colored; highly diluted with white

Example Sentences:
'pale seagreen'
'pale blue eyes'

4. pale, pallid, sick, wan

(of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble

Example Sentences:
'the pale light of a half moon'
'a pale sun'
'the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street'
'a pallid sky'
'the pale (or wan) stars'
'the wan light of dawn'

5. pale, pallid

lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness

Example Sentences:
'a pale rendition of the aria'
'pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender'
'a pallid performance'

6. pale, pallid, wan

abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress

Example Sentences:
'the pallid face of the invalid'
'her wan face suddenly flushed'

7. pale

not full or rich

Example Sentences:
'high, pale, pure and lovely song'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pale

see synonyms of pale
adjective
1. 
lacking brightness of colour; whitish
pale morning light
2. 
(of a colour) whitish; produced by a relatively small quantity of colouring agent
3. 
dim or wan
the pale stars
4. 
feeble
a pale effort
5. South Africa a euphemism for White
verb
6. 
to make or become pale or paler; blanch
7. (intransitive; often foll by before)
to lose superiority or importance (in comparison to)
her beauty paled before that of her hostess
noun
1. 
a wooden post or strip used as an upright member in a fence
2. 
an enclosing barrier, esp a fence made of pales
3. 
an area enclosed by a pale
4. 
a sphere of activity within which certain restrictions are applied
5. heraldry
an ordinary consisting of a vertical stripe, usually in the centre of a shield
6.  beyond the pale
verb
7. (transitive)
to enclose with pales

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Pale

see synonyms of pale
adjectiveWord forms: ˈpaler or ˈpalest
1. 
of a whitish or colorless complexion; pallid; wan
2. 
lacking intensity or brilliance
said of color, light, etc.; faint; dim
3. 
feeble; weak
a pale imitation
verb intransitiveWord forms: paled or ˈpaling
4. 
to become pale
5. 
to seem weaker or less important
verb transitive
6. 
to make pale
noun
1. 
a narrow, upright, pointed stake used in fences; picket
2. 
a fence; enclosure; boundary; restriction
now chiefly figurative
outside the pale of the law, beyond the pale (of respectability)
3. 
a territory or district enclosed within bounds
4.  Botany
a chaffy bract or scale; esp., a bract at the base of a floret of a composite flower
5.  Heraldry
a vertical band forming the middle third of a shield

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Pale

see synonyms of pale
n.
1. A stake or pointed stick; a picket.
2. A fence enclosing an area.
3. The area enclosed by a fence or boundary.
4.
a. A region or district lying within an imposed boundary or constituting a separate jurisdiction.
b. Pale The medieval dominions of the English in Ireland. Used with the.
5. Heraldry A wide vertical band in the center of an escutcheon.
tr.v. paled, pal·ing, pales
To enclose with pales; fence in.
adj. pal·er, pal·est
1. Whitish in complexion; pallid.
2.
a. Of a low intensity of color; light.
b. Having high lightness and low saturation.
3. Of a low intensity of light; dim or faint: "a late afternoon sun coming through the el tracks and falling in pale oblongs on the cracked, empty sidewalks" (Jimmy Breslin).
4. Feeble; weak: a pale rendition of the aria.
v. paled, pal·ing, pales
v.tr.
To cause to turn pale.
v.intr.
1. To become pale; blanch: paled with fright.
2. To decrease in relative importance.
pref.
Variant of paleo-.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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