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pale

 
Adjective pale has 5 senses
  1. pale - very light colored; highly diluted with white; "pale seagreen"; "pale blue eyes"
    Antonym:
    dark (indirect, via light)
  2. pale, pallid, wan - (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"
    Antonym: strong (indirect, via weak)
  3. pale, pallid - lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness; "a pale rendition of the aria"; "pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender"; "a pallid performance"
    Antonym: colorful (indirect, via colorless)
  4. pale, pallid, wan - abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her wan face suddenly flushed"
    Antonyms: colorful, colourful (indirect, via colorless)
  5. pale - not full or rich; "high, pale, pure and lovely song"
    Antonym:
    full (indirect, via thin)
Noun pale has 1 sense
  1. picket, pale - a wooden strip forming part of a fence
    --1 is a kind of strip
    --1 is a part of picket fence, paling
Verb pale has 1 sense
  1. pale, blanch, blench - turn pale, as if in fear
    --1 is one way to discolor, discolour, colour, color
    Derived form: noun pallor1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
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