Definizione monolingua

pale

pale (third-person singular simple present pales, present participle paling, simple past and past participle paled)

1. (intransitive) to become pale, to become insignificant

   2006 New York Times Its financing pales next to the tens of billions that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will have at its disposal, ...

pale (plural pales)

1. wooden stake
2. (archaic) fence made from wooden stake; palisade
   • 1615, Ralph Hamor, A True Discourse of the Present State of Virginia, Richmond 1957, p. 13:

     Fourthly, they shall not vpon any occasion whatsoeuer breake downe any of our pales, or come into any of our Townes or forts by any other waies, issues or ports then ordinary [...].

3. (by extension) limits, bounds (especially before of)
   • 1900, Jack London, Son of the Wolf:The Wisdom of the Trail:

     Men so situated, beyond the pale of the honor and the law, are not to be trusted.

   • 1919, B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols, Searchlights on Health:When and Whom to Marry:

     All things considered, we advise the male reader to keep his desires in check till he is at least twenty-five, and the female not to enter the pale of wedlock until she has attained the age of twenty.

4. The bounds of morality, good behaviour or judgment in civilized company, in the phrase beyond the pale
5. (heraldry) A vertical band down the middle of a shield
6. (archaic) A territory or defensive area within a specific boundary or under a given jurisdiction
   1. (historical) The parts of Ireland under English jurisidction
   2. (historical) The territory around Calais under English control (from the 14th to 16th centuries)
      • 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate 2010, p. 402:

        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.

   Adjective
   

   pale (comparative paler, superlative palest)

   
   
   1. light in color

      I have pale yellow wallpaper.

      She had pale skin because she didnt get much sunlight.

   2. (of human skin) having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.)

      His face turned pale after hearing about his mother death.

   Adverb
   

   pale

   
   
   1. there

Definizione dizionario pale

	pallido
	light in color
	Riferito ad un'opera d'arte e sim.: scarsamente dotato di forza espressiva, di basso valore.

	palo
	wooden stake
	heraldry: vertical band
	Long piece of wood which is pointed at one end.

	luminoso
	Luminoso di colore.
	Bright of colour.

asta

chiara

chiaro

confine

debole

giallo

impallidire

limite

recintare

recinto

sbiadito

scialbo

scolorito

slavato

smorto

Altri significati:

(by extension) limits, bounds (especially with of)

(intransitive) to become pale, to become insignificant

(archaic) fence made from wooden stake; palisade

(heraldry) A vertical band down the middle of a shield

The bounds of morality, good behaviour or judgment in civilized company, in the phrase beyond the pale

(archaic) A territory or defensive area within a specific boundary or under a given jurisdiction

to become pale

(archaic) The jurisdiction (territorial or otherwise) of an authority