1. deficient in color or intensity of color pallid a pale complexion

2. having color of reduced saturation — see saturation sense 4a a pale pink

3. light in color especially relative to others of its kind pale beers

4. not bright or brilliant dim a pale sun shining through the fog

5. feeble, faint a pale imitation

6. to become pale

7. to make pale

8. an area or the limits within which one is privileged or protected (as from censure) conduct that was beyond the pale

9. a space or field having bounds enclosure The cattle were led into the pale.

10. a territory or district within certain bounds or under a particular jurisdiction British culture survived even within the Roman pale.

11. one of the stakes of a palisade

12. picket sense 1

13. a perpendicular stripe on a heraldic shield

14. palisade, paling

15. to enclose with pales fence

16. — see paleo-

17. light in color

18. having a skin color that is closer to white than is usual or normal

19. not bright or intense

20. having very light skin

21. having a lighter skin color than normal because of sickness or fear

22. not bright or brilliant a pale star

23. light in color or shade pale pink

24. to lose color She paled when the wound was described to her.

25. to make or become less adequate, impressive, or intense My science project paled in comparison to those of the other students.

26. deficient in color or intensity of color a pale face