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pales

The correct spelling is pales.

How to pronounce pales

verb

IPA: /peɪlz/

Say it like: Pal-es

The correct spelling is pales. To turn pale; to lose colour.

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Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To turn pale; to lose colour.
  2. 2.To become insignificant.
  3. 3.To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
  4. 4.To enclose with pales, or as if with pales; to encircle or encompass; to fence off.

noun

  1. 1.A wooden stake; a picket.
  2. 2.Fence made from wooden stake; palisade.
  3. 3.(by extension) Limits, bounds (especially before of).
  4. 4.The bounds of morality, good behaviour or judgment in civilized company, in the phrase beyond the pale.
  5. 5.A vertical band down the middle of a shield.

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