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Pale

/peɪl/

Pale is an adjective, verb and noun with 5 senses listed below, each with examples where available, plus synonyms and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

adjective
  1. (of human skin) Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.).
    “His face turned pale after hearing about his mother's death.”
  2. Light in color.
    “I have pale yellow wallpaper.”
verb
  1. To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
  2. To turn pale; to lose colour.

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