pale, pallid, wan
(adjective) abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress; “the pallid face of the invalid”; “her wan face suddenly flushed”
pale, pallid
(adjective) lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness; “a pale rendition of the aria”; “pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender”; “a pallid performance”
pale
(adjective) very light colored; highly diluted with white; “pale seagreen”; “pale blue eyes”
pale
(adjective) not full or rich; “high, pale, pure and lovely song”
pale, pallid, wan, sick
(adjective) (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”
picket, pale
(noun) a wooden strip forming part of a fence
pale, blanch, blench
(verb) turn pale, as if in fear
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pale (comparative paler, superlative palest)
Light in color.
(of human skin) Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.).
Feeble, faint.
• (human skin): See also pallid
pale (third-person singular simple present pales, present participle paling, simple past and past participle paled)
(intransitive) To turn pale; to lose colour.
(intransitive) To become insignificant.
(transitive) To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
pale
(obsolete) Paleness; pallor.
pale (plural pales)
A wooden stake; a picket.
(archaic) Fence made from wooden stake; palisade.
(by extension) Limits, bounds (especially before of).
The bounds of morality, good behaviour or judgment in civilized company, in the phrase beyond the pale.
(heraldiccharge) A vertical band down the middle of a shield.
(archaic) A territory or defensive area within a specific boundary or under a given jurisdiction.
(historical) The parts of Ireland under English jurisdiction.
(historical) The territory around Calais under English control (from the 14th to 16th centuries).
(historical) A portion of Russia in which Jews were permitted to live.
(archaic) The jurisdiction (territorial or otherwise) of an authority.
A cheese scoop.
A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened.
pale (third-person singular simple present pales, present participle paling, simple past and past participle paled)
To enclose with pales, or as if with pales; to encircle or encompass; to fence off.
• Alep, LEAP, Lape, Leap, Peal, e-pal, leap, peal, pela, plea
Source: Wiktionary
Pale, a. [Compar. Paler; superl. Palest.] Etym: [F. pâle, fr. pâlir to turn pale, L. pallere to be oAppall, Fallow, pall, v. i., Pallid.]
1. Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue. "Pale as a forpined ghost." Chaucer. Speechless he stood and pale. Milton. They are not of complexion red or pale. T. Randolph.
2. Not bright or brilliant; of a faint luster or hue; dim; as, the pale light of the moon. The night, methinks, is but the daylight sick; It looks a little paler. Shak.
Note: Pale is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, pale-colored, pale-eyed, pale-faced, pale-looking, etc.
Pale, n.
Definition: Paleness; pallor. [R.] Shak.
Pale, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Paled; p. pr. & vb. n. Paling.]
Definition: To turn pale; to lose color or luster. Whittier. Apt to pale at a trodden worm. Mrs. Browning.
Pale, v. t.
Definition: To make pale; to diminish the brightness of. The glowpale his uneffectual fire. Shak.
Pale, n. Etym: [F. pal, fr. L. palus: cf. D. paal. See Pol a stake, and lst Pallet.]
1. 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. Deer creep through when a pale tumbles down. Mortimer.
2. That which incloses or fences in; a boundary; a limit; a fence; a palisade. "Within one pale or hedge." Robynson (More's Utopia).
3. A space or field having bounds or limits; a limited region or place; an inclosure; -- often used figuratively. "To walk the studious cloister's pale." Milton. "Out of the pale of civilization." Macaulay.
4. A stripe or band, as on a garment. Chaucer.
5. (Her.)
Definition: 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.
6. A cheese scoop. Simmonds.
7. (Shipbuilding)
Definition: A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened. English pale (Hist.), the limits or territory within which alone the English conquerors of Ireland held dominion for a long period after their invasion of the country in 1172. Spencer.
Pale, v. t.
Definition: To inclose with pales, or as with pales; to encircle; to encompass; to fence off. [Your isle, which stands] ribbed and paled in With rocks unscalable and roaring waters. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 May 2025
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”
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