adjective |
1. Whitish in complexion; pallid. |
2. Of a low intensity of color; light. |
3. Having high lightness and low saturation. |
4. Of a low intensity of light; dim or faint: "a late afternoon sun coming through the el tracks and falling in pale oblongs on the cracked, empty sidewalks” ( Jimmy Breslin). |
5. Feeble; weak: a pale rendition of the aria. |
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idiom |
1. beyond the pale Irrevocably unacceptable or unreasonable: behavior that was quite beyond the pale. |
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noun |
1. A stake or pointed stick; a picket. |
2. A fence enclosing an area. |
3. The area enclosed by a fence or boundary. |
4. A region or district lying within an imposed boundary or constituting a separate jurisdiction. |
5. The medieval dominions of the English in Ireland. Used with the. |
6. Heraldry A wide vertical band in the center of an escutcheon. |
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verb-intransitive |
1. To become pale; blanch: paled with fright. |
2. To decrease in relative importance. |
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verb-transitive |
1. To enclose with pales; fence in. |
2. To cause to turn pale. |
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