1. Very light in colour; quite close to white
   "pale seagreen"; "pale blue eyes"
    
2. (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
   "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the pale stars";
   - pallid, wan, sick
    
3. Lacking in vitality, interest or effectiveness
   "a pale rendition of the aria"; "pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender";
   - pallid
    
4. (of a person) abnormally lacking in colour, suggesting physical or emotional shock or ill health
   "the pale face of the invalid";
   - pallid, wan
    
5. Not full or rich
   "high, pale, pure and lovely song"

1. A wooden strip forming part of a fence
   "He repainted the weathered pales of the picket fence";
   - picket
    
2. A boundary or limit
   "Beyond the pale of civilized behaviour"

1. Turn pale, as if in fear
   "She paled at the sight of the ghost";
   - blanch, blench [dialect]

Sounds like: paean, paeon, peon

Derived forms: paled, paling, paler, pales, palest

See also: colorless [US], colourless [Brit, Cdn], light, light-colored [US], light-coloured [Brit, Cdn], thin, weak

Type of: color [US], colour [Brit, Cdn], discolor [US], discolour [Brit, Cdn], strip

Part of: paling, picket fence

Encyclopedia: Pale, Myanmar