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7 Definitions of: pale

    1. adjective, lacking brightness of colour; whitish
    2. adjective, (of a colour) whitish; produced by a relatively small quantity of colouring agent
    3. adjective, dim or wan
    4. adjective, feeble
    5. adjective, a euphemism for White
    6. verb, to make or become pale or paler; blanch
    7. verb, to lose superiority or importance (in comparison to)
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    1. noun, a wooden post or strip used as an upright member in a fence
    2. noun, an enclosing barrier, esp a fence made of pales
    3. noun, an area enclosed by a pale
    4. noun, a sphere of activity within which certain restrictions are applied
    5. noun, heraldry an ordinary consisting of a vertical stripe, usually in the centre of a shield
    6. noun, beyond the pale outside the limits of social convention
    7. verb, to enclose with pales
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Synonyms: light, white, feeble, pallid, post, stake, paling, upright, picket, slat And more...
 

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