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• pale — I UK [peɪl] / US adjective Word forms pale : adjective pale comparative paler superlative palest *** 1) light and not bright in colour pale blue/yellow/green a pale sky 2) a pale person has skin that is lighter than usual because they are ill,… …   English dictionary

• pale — pale1 [ peıl ] adjective *** 1. ) light and not bright in color: pale blue eyes a pale sky a ) pale blue/gray/pink etc. something that is pale blue/gray/pink etc. is a lighter type of blue/gray/pink etc. than usual 2. ) a pale person has skin… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• pale — [[t]pe͟ɪl[/t]] ♦♦♦ paler, palest, pales, paling, paled 1) ADJ GRADED If something is pale, it is very light in colour or almost white. Migrating birds filled the pale sky... As we age, our skin becomes paler. ...a circle of pale light. Syn: light …   English dictionary

• pale — I noun 1) the pales of a fence Syn: stake, post, pole, picket, upright 2) outside the pale of decency Syn: boundary, confines, bounds, limits • …   Thesaurus of popular words

• pale — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} verb Pale is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑face {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} adj. VERBS ▪ appear, be, look, seem ▪ become, go …   Collocations dictionary

• pale*/*/ — [peɪl] adj I 1) light and not bright in colour pale blue/yellow/green[/ex] a pale sky[/ex] 2) a pale person has skin that is lighter than usual because they are ill, shocked, or worried He looked pale and weary.[/ex] II verb [I] pale [peɪl] to… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• pale — 1. adjective 1) she looked pale Syn: white, pallid, pasty, wan, colourless, anaemic, washed out, peaky, ashen, sickly; informal like death warmed up 2) pale colours Syn: light …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• pale — adj 1 Pale, pallid, ashen, ashy, wan, livid mean devoid of natural or healthy color as applied to a complexion or deficient in vividness or intensity of hue as applied to a specific color. Pale is the least rich of these words in implications and …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• pale — 01. He looked quite [pale] this morning, and went home sick. 02. We painted our kitchen a [pale] green. 03. Heather went all [pale] when she heard of the death of her grandmother. 04. Hsu Fen looked tired and [pale] after studying all night. 05.… …   Grammatical examples in English

• pale — pale1 W3 [peıl] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin pallidus; PALLID] 1.) having a skin colour that is very white, or whiter than it usually is ▪ He looked very pale and drawn. turn/go pale ▪ He suddenly went pale. ▪ Sharon went… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• pale — 1 adjective 1 having a much whiter skin colour than usual, especially because you are ill, worried etc: She suddenly noticed how pale and drawn he looked. | a pale complexion 2 a pale colour is much lighter than the standard colour: pale… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English