pale in Dogri डोगरी
pale in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
pale in Kashmiri कॉशुर
pale in Sindhi سنڌي
pale in English
- pale⇄adj. 1. without much color; lacking natural color; whitish.
Ex. When you have been ill, your face is sometimes pale. Dry sherry is usually pale.
2. not bright; dim.
Ex. a pale blue, a pale glow from the windows. The bright stars are su - pale⇄adv. palely.
- pale⇄expr. beyond (or outside) the pale, overstepping the bounds; socially unacceptable; improper.
Ex. His rude behavior at the party was beyond the pale. - pale⇄expr. per pale, (Heraldry.) (of the shield) divided by a vertical line through the middle.
Ex. an ordinary per pale invecked. - pale⇄noun paleness.
- pale⇄noun 1. a long, narrow board, pointed at the top, used for fences; picket.
Ex. stakes ... stuck inone by another like pales (Daniel Defoe).
2. (Figurative.) boundary; restriction.
Ex. Murderers are outside the pale of civilized society - pale⇄pale (1), adjective, paler,palest,verb, paled,paling.
- pale⇄pale (2), noun, verb, paled,paling.
- pale⇄v.i. to turn pale; lose color or brilliancy.
Ex. Her face paled at the bad news. - pale⇄v.t. to cause to become pale; dim.
Ex. The glowworm ... 'gins to pale his uneffectual fire (Shakespeare). - pale⇄v.t. to enclose with pales or a fence; fence (in).