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Meaning of pale

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  pale
      adj 1: very light colored; highly diluted with white; "pale
             seagreen"; "pale blue eyes"
      2: (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble;
         "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late
         afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale
         oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan)
         stars"; "the wan light of dawn" [syn: {pale}, {pallid},
         {wan}, {sick}]
      3: lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness; "a pale
         rendition of the aria"; "pale prose with the faint sweetness
         of lavender"; "a pallid performance" [syn: {pale}, {pallid}]
      4: abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or
         emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her
         wan face suddenly flushed" [syn: {pale}, {pallid}, {wan}]
      5: not full or rich; "high, pale, pure and lovely song"
      n 1: a wooden strip forming part of a fence [syn: {picket},
           {pale}]
      v 1: turn pale, as if in fear [syn: {pale}, {blanch}, {blench}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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