1. (noun)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. (adj)pale not full or rich "high, pale, pure and lovely song"
7. (verb)pale, blanch, blench turn pale, as if in fear