Definition of "pale"
- adjective
Light in color.
Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.).
- verb
To become pale, to become insignificant.
To enclose with pales, or as if with pales; to encircle or encompass; to fence off.
- noun
Wooden stake.
Fence made from wooden stake; palisade.
Limits, bounds (especially before of).
The bounds of morality, good behaviour or judgment in civilized company, in the phrase beyond the pale.
A vertical band down the middle of a shield.
A territory or defensive area within a specific boundary or under a given jurisdiction.
The jurisdiction (territorial or otherwise) of an authority.
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