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

  • (..) - It'll give your old man some peace of mind. Okay. Let's go home. Cold One. You're impossibly fast and strong. Your skin is pale white and ice-cold. Your eyes change color. And sometimes you speak like you're from a different time. You never eat or drink anything. You don't go out in the sunlight. (..)
    2008 Twilight