Pale

[peɪl] or [pel]

Definition

(verb.) turn pale, as if in fear.

(adj.) abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress; 'the pallid face of the invalid'; 'her wan face suddenly flushed' .

(adj.) lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness; 'a pale rendition of the aria'; 'pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender'; 'a pallid performance' .

(adj.) very light colored; highly diluted with white; 'pale seagreen'; 'pale blue eyes' .

(adj.) not full or rich; 'high, pale, pure and lovely song' .

(adj.) (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' .

Typist: Thaddeus--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

(n.) Paleness; pallor.

(v. i.) To turn pale; to lose color or luster.

(v. t.) To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.

(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.

(n.) That which incloses or fences in; a boundary; a limit; a fence; a palisade.

(n.) A space or field having bounds or limits; a limited region or place; an inclosure; -- often used figuratively.

(n.) A stripe or band, as on a garment.

(n.) 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.

(n.) A cheese scoop.

(n.) A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened.

(v. t.) To inclose with pales, or as with pales; to encircle; to encompass; to fence off.

Typist: Veronica

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Pallid, wan, ashy, whitish, colorless, cadaverous, not ruddy.[2]. Dim, sombre.

n. [1]. Picket, stake.[2]. Enclosure, circuit.

Inputed by Gerard

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Pallid, {[wan]?}, faint, dim, undefined, etiolated, sallow, cadaverous

ANT:Ruddy, high-colored, conspicuous, deep

Typed by Agatha

Definition

n. a narrow piece of wood driven into the ground for use in enclosing grounds: anything that encloses or fences in: any enclosed field or space: limit: district: a broad stripe from top to bottom of a shield in heraldry.—v.t. to enclose with stakes: to encompass.—n. Palificā′tion act of strengthening by stakes.—adj. Pal′iform.—English pale the district in Ireland within which alone the English had power for centuries after the invasion in 1172.

adj. somewhat white in colour: not ruddy or fresh: wan: of a faint lustre dim: light in colour.—v.t. to make pale.—v.i. to turn pale.—ns. Pale′-ale a light-coloured pleasant bitter ale; Pale′buck an antelope the oribi.—adj. Pale′-eyed (Shak.) having the eyes dimmed.—n. Pale′-face a white person.—adj. Pale′-heart′ed (Shak.) dispirited.—adv. Pale′ly.—n. Pale′ness.—adjs. Pale′-vis′aged (Shak.) having no colour in the face; Pā′lish somewhat pale.

Typed by Gilda

Examples

Edited by Colin

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