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1. (adj.) pale
lacking intensity of color; colorless or whitish:
a pale complexion.
2. pale
of a low degree of chroma, saturation, or purity; approaching white or gray:
pale yellow.
3. pale
not bright or brilliant; dim:
the pale moon.
4. pale
faint or feeble; weak:
a pale protest.
5. (v.t.) pale
to make or become pale:
to pale at the sight of blood.
6. (n.) pale
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
7. pale
an enclosing or confining barrier; enclosure.
8. pale
an enclosed area.
9. pale
limits; bounds:
outside the pale of my jurisdiction.
10. pale
a district or region within designated bounds.
11. pale
a central vertical stripe in a heraldic escutcheon.
12. (v.t.) pale
to enclose with pales; fence.
13. pale
to encircle or encompass.
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1. (adj) picket, pale
a wooden strip forming part of a fence
2. (adj) pale
very light colored; highly diluted with white
"pale seagreen"; "pale blue eyes"
3. (adj) pale, pallid, wan, sick
(of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
"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"
4. (adj) pale, pallid
lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness
"a pale rendition of the aria"; "pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender"; "a pallid performance"
5. (adj) pale, pallid, wan
abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress
"the pallid face of the invalid"; "her wan face suddenly flushed"
6. (verb) pale
not full or rich
"high, pale, pure and lovely song"
7. (verb) pale, blanch, blench
turn pale, as if in fear
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1. (adjective) pale
(of a color or light) not strong or bright
pale yellow flowers; pale sunlight
2. pale
(of skin) very light in color
You look pale - are you OK?; pale with fright
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1. (noun) pale
paleness; pallor
2. (noun) pale
a pointed stake or slat, either driven into the ground, or fastened to a rail at the top and bottom, for fencing or inclosing; a picket
3. (noun) pale
that which incloses or fences in; a boundary; a limit; a fence; a palisade
4. (noun) pale
a space or field having bounds or limits; a limited region or place; an inclosure; -- often used figuratively
5. (noun) pale
a stripe or band, as on a garment
6. (noun) pale
one of the greater ordinaries, being a broad perpendicular stripe in an escutcheon, equally distant from the two edges, and occupying one third of it
7. (noun) pale
a cheese scoop
8. (noun) pale
a shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened
9. (verb) pale
wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue
10. (verb) pale
not bright or brilliant; of a faint luster or hue; dim; as, the pale light of the moon
11. (verb) pale
to turn pale; to lose color or luster
12. (verb) pale
to make pale; to diminish the brightness of
13. (verb) pale
to inclose with pales, or as with pales; to encircle; to encompass; to fence off
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Sense: (of a person, his face etc) having less colour than normal
a pale face; She went pale with fear.
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 Afrikaans: bleek |
 Arabic: شاحِب |
 Bulgarian: блед |
 Brazilian: pálido |
 Czech: bledý |
 German: blaß |
 Danish: bleg |
 Greek: χλομός, ωχρός |
 Spanish: pálido |
 Estonian: kahvatu |
 Farsi: رنگ پریده |
 Finnish: kalpea |
 French: pâle |
 Hebrew: חִיווֵר |
 Hindi: फीका |
 Croatian: svjetao |
 Hungarian: sápadt |
 Indonesian: pucat |
 Icelandic: fölur |
 Italian: pallido |
 Japanese: 青ざめた |
 Korean: 창백한 |
 Lithuanian: išblyškęs, išbalęs |
 Latvian: bāls; nobālis |
 Malay: pucat |
 Dutch: bleek |
 Norwegian: blek, fargeløs |
 Polish: blady |
 Persian: رنگ پریده |
 Pashto: پيكه، زيړ بخون، رنګ الوتى |
 Portuguese: pálido |
 Romanian: palid |
 Russian: бледный |
 Slovak: bledý |
 Slovenian: bled |
 Serbian: bled |
 Swedish: blek |
 Thai: ซีด |
 Turkish: soluk, benzi uçuk |
 Taiwanese: 蒼白的 |
 Ukrainian: блідий |
 Urdu: فق، پھيکے رنگ کا، زرد |
 Vietnamese: nhợt nhạt |
 Chinese: 苍白的 |
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