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.
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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.
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Examples
- A piece of tapestry over a door also showed a blue-green world with a pale stag in it. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- There, I found my mother, very pale and with red eyes: into whose arms I ran, and begged her pardon from my suffering soul. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It had a pale ruddy sea-bottom, with black crabs and sea-weed moving sinuously under a transparent sea, that passed into flamy ruddiness above. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Caliphronas turned pale, for he knew that Justinian was absolute ruler of Melnos, while he was thoroughly well hated by the inhabitants, one and all. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- You looked pale in your slumbers: are you home-sick? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Paler than marble, with white lips and convulsed features, Idris became aware of my situation. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- His face, already paler than usual, took on a scowl as he walked across the room and flung himself into a chair. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I declare my lady turned a shade paler at the sight of him! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- She grew paler and paler as the process of tea-making was protracted. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It struck me that he was looking even paler and thinner than usual. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- All other monarchs in Europe paled before him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Whether he reddened or paled Caroline did not examine. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Mrs. Archer paled. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- She remained long in her sitting-room, where the embers were crumbling to cold grey, and the lamp paled under its gay shade. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The red cheeks had paled; she was thin, worn, a little older-looking than her age, which must have been nearly thirty. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Compress t he large vein entering the heart, and the part intervening between the point of constriction and the heart becomes empty and the organ pales and shrinks. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It distressed her a little, and she was quite glad to find herself at the gate in the pales opposite the Parsonage. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The garden sloping to the road, the house standing in it, the green pales, and the laurel hedge, everything declared they were arriving. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The finest and palest oil is made from fresh and carefully cleaned liver, the oil being extracted either in the cold or by a gentle heat. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I looked attentively at them both, and he was the palest of the two. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Speak for yourself, sir,' said Mr. Giles, who was the palest of the party. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Keep a civil tongue in your head, cried the young man, his face paling in anger, at the insulting tone of the sailor. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The officer turned suddenly from the path, and after climbing a paling, and scaling a hedge, entered a secluded field. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The enterprising lady followed the mumming company through the gate in the white paling, and stood before the open porch. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I passed through the gap of the broken paling--I felt, while I disdained, the choaking tears--I rushed into the depths of the forest. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The park paling was still the boundary on one side, and she soon passed one of the gates into the ground. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
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