ENGLISH: pale - CREOLE: pal



Overview of noun pale



The noun pale has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (1) picket, pale -- (a wooden strip forming part of a fence)



Overview of verb pale



The verb pale has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (1) pale, blanch, blench -- (turn pale, as if in fear)



Overview of adj pale



The adj pale has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)



1. (12) pale -- (very light colored; highly diluted with white; "pale seagreen"; "pale blue eyes")

2. (9) pale, pallid, wan, sick -- ((of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn")

3. (6) pale, pallid -- (lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness; "a pale rendition of the aria"; "pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender"; "a pallid performance")

4. (3) pale, pallid, wan -- (abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her wan face suddenly flushed")

5. pale -- (not full or rich; "high, pale, pure and lovely song")

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