pale

pale: I

adj.

devoid of color

1) deathly pale

2) to go, turn pale

3) pale with (rage)

II

v.

1) (d; intr.) ('to become devoid of color') to pale at ('to pale at the sight of blood')

2) (d; intr.) ('to become less important') to pale before, beside (everything paled before the possibility of war)

3) (d; intr.) ('to fade') to pale into (to pale into insignificance)

III

n.

prescribed area

beyond, outside the pale

* * *
[peɪl]
outside the

turn pale

beside (everything paled before the possibility of war)

(d; intr.) ('to become less important') to pale before

['devoid of color']l. deathly pale

['prescribed area'] beyond

to go

(d; intr.) ('to become devoid of color') to pale at ('to pale at the sight of blood')

pale with (rage)

(d; intr.) ('to fade') to pale into (to pale into insignificance)

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Synonyms:

White, pallid, wan, ashy, whitish, colorless, Picket, stake / Dim, obscure, Enclosure, circuit / District, region, territory / Confine, limit, boundary, fence

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