noun Download 🔗Share Paleness; pallor. Examples : "The pale of his skin suggested he hadn't been getting enough sleep. " appearance body essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To turn pale; to lose colour. Examples : "When she heard the bad news, she paled. " appearance physiology body medicine essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To become insignificant. Examples : "The importance of the old debate club faded, and its influence paled over time. " value abstract essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To make pale; to diminish the brightness of. Examples : "The strong sunlight paled the colors in the watercolor painting. " appearance color essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Light in color. Examples : "I have pale yellow wallpaper." appearance color essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (of human skin) Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.). Examples : "My little sister looked pale after her scary experience at the haunted house. " appearance physiology medicine body human condition color essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Feeble, faint. Examples : "He is but a pale shadow of his former self." appearance condition essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A wooden stake; a picket. Examples : "The farmer used a sturdy pale to mark the boundary of his field. " property architecture material essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Fence made from wooden stake; palisade. Examples : "The schoolyard was protected by a strong pale of tall wooden stakes. " property architecture essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (by extension) Limits, bounds (especially before of). Examples : "The pale of acceptable behavior at the school dance was clearly defined by the student council. " area position essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The bounds of morality, good behaviour or judgment in civilized company, in the phrase beyond the pale. Examples : "Staying within the pale of acceptable behavior at school means following the rules and respecting others. " moral philosophy society value culture character essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A vertical band down the middle of a shield. Examples : "The knight's shield had a wide, gleaming pale running down the center. " heraldry art essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A territory or defensive area within a specific boundary or under a given jurisdiction. Examples : "The school's pale encompassed the playground and the surrounding gardens. " politics government area nation state military essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The jurisdiction (territorial or otherwise) of an authority. Examples : "The school district's pale extends to all the students in the surrounding neighborhood. " politics government area state law essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A cheese scoop. Examples : "At the buffet, I used the pale to scoop some feta cheese. " utensil food essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened. Examples : "The carpenter used the pale to steady the wooden beam before nailing it to the wall. " architecture nautical technical structure building essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To enclose with pales, or as if with pales; to encircle or encompass; to fence off. Examples : "The farmer paled the garden plot to keep the rabbits out. " property architecture environment essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading