ALL meanings of pale
pale
P p - adjective pale light in colour 1
- adjective pale skin: light or white 1
- adjective pale complexion: pallid 1
- adjective pale inferior 1
- adjective pale weak, faint 1
- noun pale enclosed area 1
- noun pale fence post 1
- noun pale limit, bounds 1
- intransitive verb pale become pale, go white 1
- adjective pale light-colored or lacking in color: a pale complexion; his pale face; a pale child. lacking the usual intensity of color due to fear, illness, stress, etc.: She looked pale and unwell when we visited her in the nursing home. 1
- adjective pale of a low degree of chroma, saturation, or purity; approaching white or gray: pale yellow. 1
- adjective pale not bright or brilliant; dim: the pale moon. 1
- adjective pale faint or feeble; lacking vigor: a pale protest. 1
- verb without object pale to become pale: to pale at the sight of blood. 1
- verb without object pale to seem less important, remarkable, etc., especially when compared with something else: Platinum is so rare that even gold pales in comparison. 1
- verb with object pale to enclose with pales; fence. 1
- verb with object pale to encircle or encompass. 1
- noun pale a stake or picket, as of a fence. 1
- noun pale an enclosing or confining barrier; enclosure. 1
- noun pale an enclosed area. 1
- noun pale limits; bounds: outside the pale of his jurisdiction. 1
- noun pale a district or region within designated bounds. 1
- noun pale (initial capital letter). Also called English Pale, Irish Pale. a district in eastern Ireland included in the Angevin Empire of King Henry II and his successors. 1
- noun pale an ordinary in the form of a broad vertical stripe at the center of an escutcheon. 1
- noun pale Shipbuilding. a shore used inside to support the deck beams of a hull under construction. 1
- idioms pale beyond the pale, beyond the limits of propriety, courtesy, protection, safety, etc.: Their public conduct is certainly beyond the pale. 1
- adjective pale dim or wan 0
- adjective pale feeble 0
- verb pale to make or become pale or paler; blanch 0
- verb pale to lose superiority or importance (in comparison to) 0
- noun pale a wooden post or strip used as an upright member in a fence 0
- noun pale an enclosing barrier, esp a fence made of pales 0
- noun pale an area enclosed by a pale 0
- noun pale a sphere of activity within which certain restrictions are applied 0
- noun pale an ordinary consisting of a vertical stripe, usually in the centre of a shield 0
- verb pale to enclose with pales 0
- adjective pale of a whitish or colorless complexion; pallid; wan 0
- adjective pale lacking intensity or brilliance 0
- adjective pale feeble; weak 0
- intransitive verb pale to become pale 0
- intransitive verb pale to seem weaker or less important 0
- verb transitive pale to make pale 0
- noun pale a narrow, upright, pointed stake used in fences; picket 0
- noun pale a fence; enclosure; boundary; restriction 0
- noun pale a territory or district enclosed within bounds 0
- noun pale a chaffy bract or scale; esp., a bract at the base of a floret of a composite flower 0
- noun pale a vertical band forming the middle third of a shield 0
- adjective pale If something is pale, it is very light in colour or almost white. 0
- adjective pale Pale is also a combining form. 0
- adjective pale If someone looks pale, their face looks a lighter colour than usual, usually because they are ill, frightened, or shocked. 0