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- DictionaryPale/pāl/
noun
- 1. a wooden stake or post used as an upright along with others to form a fence.
- 2. an area within determined bounds, or subject to a particular jurisdiction. historical
The meaning of PALE is deficient in color or intensity of color : pallid. How to use pale in a sentence.
Pale implies a faintness or absence of color, which may be natural when applied to things, the pale blue of a violet, but when used to refer to the human face usually means an unnatural and often temporary absence of color, as arising from sickness or sudden emotion: pale cheeks.
used to describe a person's face or skin if it has less colour than usual, for example when the person is or ill or frightened, or if it has less colour than people generally have: You're looking pale - are you feeling well? She has a naturally pale complexion and dark hair. A2. A pale light or colour is not bright or strong:
When something's light colored, you can describe it as pale, like a pale light shining in the kitchen at night, or a person's pale face when they're suffering from the flu.
adjective. 1. lacking brightness of colour; whitish. pale morning light. 2. (of a colour) whitish; produced by a relatively small quantity of colouring agent. 3. dim or wan. the pale stars.
1. lacking intensity of color; colorless or whitish: a pale complexion. 2. of a low degree of chroma, saturation, or purity; approaching white or gray: pale yellow.
1. If something is pale, it is very light in color or almost white. [...] 2. If someone looks pale, their face looks a lighter color than usual, usually because they are ill, frightened, or shocked. [...] 3. If one thing pales in comparison with another, it is made to seem much less important, serious, or good by it. [...] More.
pale. (comparative paler, superlative palest) (of a person, their face, etc.) having skin that is very light in colour; having skin that has less colour than usual because of illness, a strong emotion, etc. She was tall with a slender figure and pale skin. You look pale.
Irrevocably unacceptable or unreasonable: behavior that was quite beyond the pale. American Heritage
Factsheet What does the adjective pale mean? There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective pale. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
