pale

  • 61pale — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French pel, pal stake, from Latin palus more at pole Date: 12th century 1. archaic palisade, paling 2. a. one of the stakes of a palisade b. picket 3 …

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  • 62pale — {{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 …

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  • 63pale — Synonyms and related words: abate, abnormal, achievement, achromatic, achromatize, achromic, alabaster, alabastrine, albescent, alerion, ambit, anathema, anemic, animal charge, annulet, arena, argent, arid, armorial bearings, armory, arms, ashen …

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  • 64pale*/*/ — [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… …

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  • 65pale — I adj 1. colorless, hueless, toneless, uncol ored, achromic, achromous, achromatic; drab, dreary, flat, mat, lusterless, lackluster; bleached, blanched, washed out, etiolated; wan, pallid, Obs. blate, pale faced, anemic, sickly; waxen, sallow,… …

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  • 66pale — 1. adj. & v. adj. 1 (of a person or complexion) of a whitish or ashen appearance. 2 a (of a colour) faint; not dark or deep. b faintly coloured. 3 of faint lustre; dim. v. 1 intr. & tr. grow or make pale. 2 intr. (often foll. by before, beside)… …

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  • 67Pale — 1 Original name in latin Pale Name in other language Pale, Pal palle, pare, Пале State code BA Continent/City Europe/Sarajevo longitude 43.81664 latitude 18.56949 altitude 834 Population 7458 Date 2012 04 06 2 Original name in latin Pal Name in… …

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  • 68pale — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. wan, waxen, ashy, ashen, colorless, bloodless; light, blond; faint, dim, vague; sickly. See colorlessness, dimness.Ant., colorful; ruddy. v. i. whiten, blanch, blench; fade, dim. n. stake, picket;… …

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  • 69pale — English has two words pale. The adjective [13] comes via Old French from Latin pallidus (source also of English appal – originally ‘turn pale’ – pall ‘become wearisome’ [14] – originally a shortening of appal – and pallid [17]). This was a… …

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  • 70pale — 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 …

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