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palest

The correct spelling is palest.

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verb

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

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.

adjective

  1. 1.Light in color.
  2. 2.(of human skin) Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.).
  3. 3.Feeble, faint.

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