| Definitions of 'pale' |
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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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| Definitions of 'pale' |
Webster 1913 Dictionary |
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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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