adjective
If you had been through an ordeal like that, you'd look pale, too
She was wearing a pale green evening gown tonight
The sequel was a pale imitation of the original film
verb
He paled when they told him of the car crash
The works of most modern writers pale in comparison with those of the Elizabethans
noun
The pales are attached to horizontal rails to form a fence
Nothing is outside the pale of the imagination of a great novelist
The committee have found your behaviour to be beyond the pale, Frances, and we demand your resignation
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