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pale
noun
A wooden stake.
(
archaic
) A fence, especially one made from wooden stakes.
(
archaic
) A territory or defensive area that one nation holds in another country, e.g., Britain"s medieval control of Calais in France or Dublin in Ireland.
(
archaic
) The jurisdiction (territorial or otherwise) of an authority.
The bounds of morality, good behaviour or judgment in civilized company, in the phrase
beyond the pale
.
In heraldry, a vertical band down the middle of a shield.
Translations:
verb
(
pal, ing
)
To become pale. To become insignificant.
2006
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Its financing pales next to the tens of billions that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will have at its disposal, ...
Translations:
German: blass werden
Spanish: palidecer
adjective
(
pal, e
)
light in color.
Translations:
Dutch: bleek
French: pí¢le, hí¢ve
German: hell, blass
Italian: pallido
Spanish: pí¡lido
(es)
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