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The correct spelling is pale.
How to pronounce pale
/peɪl/
nounIPA: /peɪl/
Say it like: Pal-e
The correct spelling is pale. Paleness; pallor. For example: "I have pale yellow wallpaper."
Usage Examples
“I have pale yellow wallpaper.”
“His face turned pale after hearing about his mother's death.”
“He is but a pale shadow of his former self.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Paleness; pallor.
- 2.A wooden stake; a picket.
- 3.Fence made from wooden stake; palisade.
- 4.(by extension) Limits, bounds (especially before of).
- 5.The bounds of morality, good behaviour or judgment in civilized company, in the phrase beyond the pale.
verb
- 1.To turn pale; to lose colour.
- 2.To become insignificant.
- 3.To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
- 4.To enclose with pales, or as if with pales; to encircle or encompass; to fence off.
adjective
- 1.Light in color.
- 2.(of human skin) Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.).
- 3.Feeble, faint.
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