pale

Definitions of pale in various dictionaries:

noun - a wooden strip forming part of a fence

verb - turn pale, as if in fear

adj - very light colored

adj - (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness

adj - lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness

adj - abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress

adj - not full or rich

A stake or pointed stick; a picket.

A fence enclosing an area.

The area enclosed by a fence or boundary.

A wide vertical band in the center of an escutcheon.

Whitish in complexion; pallid.

Color.

Of a low intensity of color; light.

Having high lightness and low saturation.

Of a low intensity of light; dim or faint: “a late afternoon sun coming through the el tracks and falling in pale oblongs on the cracked, empty sidewalks” (Jimmy Breslin).

To cause to turn pale.

To become pale; blanch: paled with fright.

To decrease in relative importance.

adj - lacking intensity of color

verb - to make or become pale