PALE


Meaning of PALE in English

noun a cheese scoop.

2. pale ·noun paleness; pallor.

3. pale ·noun a stripe or band, as on a garment.

4. pale ·vi to turn pale; to lose color or luster.

5. pale ·vt to make pale; to diminish the brightness of.

6. pale ·noun a shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened.

7. pale ·noun that which incloses or fences in; a boundary; a limit; a fence; a palisade.

8. pale ·vi not bright or brilliant; of a faint luster or hue; dim; as, the pale light of the moon.

9. pale ·vi wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue.

10. pale ·noun a space or field having bounds or limits; a limited region or place; an inclosure;

— often used figuratively.

11. pale ·vt to inclose with pales, or as with pales; to encircle; to encompass; to fence off.

12. pale ·noun a pointed stake or slat, either driven into the ground, or fastened to a rail at the top and bottom, for fencing or inclosing; a picket.

13. pale ·noun one of the greater ordinaries, being a broad perpendicular stripe in an escutcheon, equally distant from the two edges, and occupying one third of it.

Webster English vocab.      Английский словарь Webster.