Definition of paler in English

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paler, adjective, comparative of pale.

WordNet

Verb pales, paling, paled
pale - turn pale, as if in fear
		blanch, blench
		discolour, discolor, color, colour change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored"
Adjective pale, paler, palest
pale - abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her wan face suddenly flushed"
		pallid, wan
		colorless, colourless weak in color; not colorful
pale - very light colored; highly diluted with white; "pale seagreen"; "pale blue eyes"
		light-colored, light characterized by or emitting light; "a room that is light when the shutters are open"; "the inside of the house was airy and light"
pale - (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn"
		pallid, wan, sick
		weak deficient in intelligence or mental power; "a weak mind"
pale - lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness; "a pale rendition of the aria"; "pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender"; "a pallid performance"
		pallid
pale - not full or rich; "high, pale, pure and lovely song"

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Wiktionary

pale (Noun)
Paleness; pallor.
pale (Noun)
Wooden stake.
pale (Noun)
Fence made from wooden stake; palisade.
pale (Noun)
The bounds of morality, good behaviour or judgment in civilized company, in the phrase beyond the pale .
pale (Noun)
A vertical band down the middle of a shield.
pale (Noun)
A territory or defensive area within a specific boundary or under a given jurisdiction.
pale (Noun)
The parts of Ireland under English jurisdiction.
pale (Noun)
2009, , Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate 2010, p. 40.
pale (Noun)
He knows the fortifications – crumbling – and beyond the city walls the lands of the Pale, its woods, villages and marshes, its sluices, dykes and canals.
pale (Noun)
2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, p. 7.
pale (Noun)
A low-lying, marshy enclave stretching eighteen miles along the coast and pushing some eight to ten miles inland, the Pale of Calais nestled between French Picardy to the west and, to the east, the imperial-dominated territories of Flanders.
pale (Noun)
The jurisdiction territorial or otherwise of an authority.
pale (Verb)
To turn pale; to lose colour.
pale (Verb)
To become insignificant.
pale (Verb)
To enclose with pales, or as if with pales; to encircle or encompass; to fence off.
pale (Adjective)
Light in color.
pale (Adjective)
Having a pallor.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

pale (v. i.)
Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue.
pale (v. i.)
Not bright or brilliant; of a faint luster or hue; dim; as, the pale light of the moon.
pale (n.)
Paleness; pallor.
pale (v. i.)
To turn pale; to lose color or luster.
pale (v. t.)
To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
pale (n.)
A pointed stake or slat, either driven into the ground, or fastened to a rail at the top and bottom, for fencing or inclosing; a picket.
pale (n.)
That which incloses or fences in; a boundary; a limit; a fence; a palisade.
pale (n.)
A space or field having bounds or limits; a limited region or place; an inclosure; -- often used figuratively.
pale (n.)
A stripe or band, as on a garment.
pale (n.)
One of the greater ordinaries, being a broad perpendicular stripe in an escutcheon, equally distant from the two edges, and occupying one third of it.
pale (n.)
A cheese scoop.
pale (n.)
A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened.
pale (v. t.)
To inclose with pales, or as with pales; to encircle; to encompass; to fence off.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

pale
Long piece of wood which is pointed at one end.
pale
Referred to a work of art and similar: poorly endowed with expressive power and low value.
pale
Deficient in color (especially of skin) as suggesting physical or emotional distress.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

pale
pāl, n. a narrow piece of wood driven into the ground for use in enclosing grounds: anything that encloses or fences in: any enclosed field or space: limit: district: a broad stripe from top to bottom of a shield in heraldry.—v.t. to enclose with stakes: to encompass.—n. Palificā′tion, act of strengthening by stakes.—adj. Pal′iform.—English pale, the district in Ireland within which alone the English had power for centuries after the invasion in 1172. [Fr. pal—L. palus, a stake.]
pale
pāl, adj. somewhat white in colour: not ruddy or fresh: wan: of a faint lustre, dim: light in colour.—v.t. to make pale.—v.i. to turn pale.—ns. Pale′-ale, a light-coloured pleasant bitter ale; Pale′buck, an antelope, the oribi.—adj. Pale′-eyed (Shak.), having the eyes dimmed.—n. Pale′-face, a white person.—adj. Pale′-heart′ed (Shak.), dispirited.—adv. Pale′ly.—n. Pale′ness.—adjs. Pale′-vis′aged (Shak.), having no colour in the face; Pā′lish, somewhat pale. [Fr.,—L. pallidus, pale.]

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

pale
In heraldry, one of the figures known as ordinaries, consisting of a horizontal band in the middle of the shield, of which it is said to occupy one-third. Several charges of any kind are said to be “in pale” when they stand over each other horizontally, as do the three lions of England. A shield divided through the middle by a horizontal line is said to be “parted per pale.” The pallet is the diminutive of the pale, and is most generally not borne singly. Three pallets gules were the arms of Raymond, count of Provence. When the field is divided into an even number of parts by perpendicular lines, it is called “paly of” so many pieces. When divided by lines perpendicular and bendways crossing, it is called “paly bendy.” An endorse is a further diminutive of the pallet, and a pale placed between two endorses is said to be endorsed.
pale
In Irish history, means that portion of the kingdom over which the English rule and English law were acknowledged. There is so much vagueness in the meaning of the term, that a few words of explanation appear necessary. The vagueness arises from the great fluctuations which the English authority underwent in Ireland at various periods, and from the consequent fluctuation of the actual territorial limits of the Pale. The designation dates from the reign of John, who distributed the portion of Ireland then nominally subject to England into twelve counties palatine, Dublin, Meath, Kildare, Louth, Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Waterford, Cork, Kerry, Tipperary, and Limerick. To this entire district, in a general way, was afterwards given the designation of the Pale. But as it may be said that the term is commonly applied by the writers of each age to the actual English territory of the period, and as this varied much, care must be taken to allude to the age of which the name Pale is used. Thus at the close of the reign of Edward III., the English law extended only to the four counties of Dublin, Carlow, Meath, and Louth. In the reign of Henry VI., the limits were still further restricted. In a general way, however, the Pale may be considered as comprising the counties of Dublin, Meath, Carlow, Kilkenny, and Louth. This, although not quite exact, will be sufficient for most purposes.