Canadian English Meaning of pale

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Definitions and Meaning of pale in English

Wordnet

pale (n)

a wooden strip forming part of a fence

Wordnet

pale (v)

turn pale, as if in fear

Wordnet

pale (s)

very light colored; highly diluted with white

(of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble

lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness

abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress

not full or rich

Webster

pale (v. i.)

Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue.

Not bright or brilliant; of a faint luster or hue; dim; as, the pale light of the moon.

To turn pale; to lose color or luster.

Webster

pale (n.)

Paleness; pallor.

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.

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

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

A stripe or band, as on a garment.

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.

A cheese scoop.

A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened.

Webster

pale (v. t.)

To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.

To inclose with pales, or as with pales; to encircle; to encompass; to fence off.

FAQs About the word pale

pale

a wooden strip forming part of a fence, turn pale, as if in fear, very light colored; highly diluted with white, (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness;

Barrier,pale,wall,bar,barricade,chain,clog,deterrent,Embarrassment,encumbrance

door,doorway,entrance,entry,gate,portal,Break,Main door,entryway,gap

palavering => talking, palaverer => chatterbox, palavered => jawed, palaver => palaver, palau islands => Palau,