(~r, ~st, ~s, paling, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If something is ~, it is very light in colour or almost white.
Migrating birds filled the ~ sky...
As we age, our skin becomes ~r.
? dark
ADJ
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Pale is also a combining form.
...a ~ blue sailor dress...
COMB in COLOUR
2.
If someone looks ~, their face looks a lighter colour than usual, usually because they are ill, frightened, or shocked.
She looked ~ and tired...
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ
~ness
...his ~ness when he realized that he was bleeding.
N-UNCOUNT: oft with poss
3.
If one thing ~s in comparison with another, it is made to seem much less important, serious, or good by it.
When someone you love has a life-threatening illness, everything else ~s in comparison.
...a soap opera against which other soaps ~ into insignificance.
VERB: V, V prep
4.
If you think that someone’s actions or behaviour are not acceptable, you can say that they are beyond the ~.
This sort of thing really is quite beyond the ~.
= unacceptable
PHRASE: PHR after v, oft PHR of n