pale

adjective
[L14570]

Compounds

In compounds

Forms

  • positive : pale
  • comparative : paler
  • superlative : palest

Senses

  • light in colour and/or brightness
  • fair-skinned
  • faint; unsaturated
  • be characterized as light in color (perhaps unhealthily so), pallid, feeble

pale

noun
[L324964]

Forms

  • singular : pale
  • plural : pales

Senses

  • heraldic charge

pale

verb
[L14571]

Forms

  • simple present : pale
  • simple present, singular, third person : pales
  • simple past : paled
  • present participle : paling
  • past participle : paled

Senses

  • to grow pale or dim; to lose colour or brightness
  • seem weak by comparison