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Meaning of 'pale'
Meaning of 'pale' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Pale 
[ n.]
- Paleness; pallor. [ n.]- 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.
- That which incloses or fences in; a boundary; a limit; a fence; a palisade.
- A space or field having bounds or limits; a limited region or place; an inclosure; -- often used figuratively.
- A stripe or band, as on a garment.
- 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.
- A cheese scoop.
- A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened.
2. Pale [ v. i.]
- Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as,
a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue. [ v. i.]- Not bright or brilliant; of a faint luster or hue; dim; as, the pale light of the moon.
- To turn pale; to lose color or luster.
3. Pale [ v. t.]
- To make pale; to diminish the brightness of. [ v. t.]- To inclose with pales, or as with pales; to encircle; to encompass; to fence off.
Meaning of 'pale' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. pale [ s]
[ s]Meaning (1):
- lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness
- lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness
Example in sentence:
- a pale rendition of the aria;
- a pallid performance;
- pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender
Meaning (2):
- not full or rich
- not full or rich
Example in sentence:
- high, pale, pure and lovely song
Meaning (3):
- very light colored; highly diluted with white
- very light colored; highly diluted with white
Example in sentence:
- pale blue eyes;
- pale seagreen
Meaning (4):
- (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
- (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
Example in sentence:
- a pale sun;
- a pallid sky;
- the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street;
- the pale (or wan) stars;
- the pale light of a half moon;
- the wan light of dawn
Meaning (5):
- abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress
- abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress
Example in sentence:
- her wan face suddenly flushed;
- the pallid face of the invalid
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