Pale definition
A narrow, upright, pointed stake used in fences; picket.
noun
A territory or district enclosed within bounds.
noun
(intransitive) To become insignificant.
2006 New York Times Its financing pales next to the tens of billions that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will have at its disposal...
verb
To make pale.
verb
A fence; enclosure; boundary; restriction.
Outside the pale of the law, beyond the pale (of respectability)
noun
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Whitish in complexion; pallid.
adjective
(heraldry) A vertical band forming the middle third of a shield.
noun
To pale is to lose the color from your face.
An example of pale is when you see a ghost and the fright makes you lose color in your face so it appears white and afraid.
verb
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The definition of pale is someone or something light in color or washed out.
An example of pale is your face when you are sick and the color goes from your cheeks.
An example of pale is a yellow that is not bright or vibrant.
adjective
(heraldry) A wide vertical band in the center of an escutcheon.
noun
A region or district lying within an imposed boundary or constituting a separate jurisdiction.
noun
The medieval dominions of the English in Ireland. Used with the.
noun
Feeble; weak.
A pale rendition of the aria.
adjective
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Of a low intensity of color; light.
adjective
Having high lightness and low saturation.
adjective
(of human skin) Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.).
His face turned pale after hearing about his mother's death.
adjective
(intransitive) To turn pale; to lose colour.
verb
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To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
verb
The bounds of morality, good behaviour or judgment in civilized company, in the phrase beyond the pale.
noun
(archaic) A territory or defensive area within a specific boundary or under a given jurisdiction.
noun
(archaic) The jurisdiction (territorial or otherwise) of an authority.
noun
To enclose with pales, or as if with pales; to encircle or encompass; to fence off.
[Your isle, which stands] ribbed and paled in / With rocks unscalable and roaring waters. "” Shakespeare.
verb
(bot.) A chaffy bract or scale; esp., a bract at the base of a floret of a composite flower.
noun
The area enclosed by a fence or boundary.
noun
To enclose with pales; fence in.
verb
To cause to turn pale.
verb
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To become pale; blanch.
Paled with fright.
verb
To decrease in relative importance.
verb
Of a whitish or colorless complexion; pallid; wan.
adjective
Lacking intensity or brilliance.
adjective
Feeble; weak.
A pale imitation.
adjective
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A fence enclosing an area.
noun
Of a low intensity of light; dim or faint.
adjective
To become pale.
verb
To seem weaker or less important.
verb
A stake or pointed stick; a picket.
noun
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beyond the pale
- Irrevocably unacceptable or unreasonable:Behavior that was quite beyond the pale.
idiom
Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
pale
Plural:
palesAdjective
Base Form:
pale
Comparative:
paler
Superlative:
palestIdioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of pale
- Middle English from Old French from Latin pallidus from pallēre to be pale pel-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English from Old French pal from Latin pālus pag- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English, from Old French pale, from Latin pallidus (“pale, pallid").
From Wiktionary
- From Middle English, from Latin pālus (“stake, prop").
From Wiktionary