pale

Definition

  • noun: one of the stakes of a palisade
  • verb: to lose color
  • verb: to enclose with 'pales'
  • adjective: light in color
  • adjective: deficient in color or intensity of color
  • synonyms: pallid, palisade, wan

Examples

  • ('chiefly Brit') Your financial debt 'pales into insignificance' [=seems much smaller] when you compare it with mine.

  • The afternoon meal 'paled in comparison to/with' [=was not nearly as good as] the feast they had later.

  • Once you've tasted the local apples, all others 'pale by comparison'. [=all others seem less good]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) - Kurt? Yes, Kurt Cowbrain. I remember I was doing Svanas' hair when you rushed in, Fúsi, pale as a sheet and said: Kurt Cowbrain is dead. He shot himself in the head. What a shock I got. I'll just never forget. Hey, what's up with Fúsi's hair? (..)
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