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pale
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noun
Paleness; pallor.
verb
To turn pale; to lose colour.
verb
To become insignificant.
verb
To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
adjective
Light in color.
Example: I have pale yellow wallpaper.
adjective
(of human skin) Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.).
Example: His face turned pale after hearing about his mother's death.
adjective
Feeble, faint.
Example: He is but a pale shadow of his former self.
noun
A wooden stake; a picket.
noun
Fence made from wooden stake; palisade.
noun
(by extension) Limits, bounds (especially before of).
noun
The bounds of morality, good behaviour or judgment in civilized company, in the phrase beyond the pale.
noun
A vertical band down the middle of a shield.
noun
A territory or defensive area within a specific boundary or under a given jurisdiction.
noun
The jurisdiction (territorial or otherwise) of an authority.
noun
A cheese scoop.
noun
A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened.
verb
To enclose with pales, or as if with pales; to encircle or encompass; to fence off.