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# pale

adjective (pale, paler, palest); verb (pale, pales, paled, paling); noun (a pale — rare; beyond the pale)

«pale» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Pale describes a face or skin that has less colour than usual, often because someone is ill, scared or shocked. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pale/#m1)
2. A pale colour is light and soft, not strong or dark, like pale blue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pale/#m2)
3. Pale light is weak, not bright. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pale/#m3)
4. To pale means to become pale, or to seem less important next to something else. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pale/#m4)
5. Beyond the pale means very bad or not acceptable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pale/#m5)

### In the lessons

In health and first aid: a pale, sweaty, cold person may be in shock or about to faint; sit them down and get help. In art lessons: mixing white makes paler shades; pale and dark colours. In stories, «she went pale» tells the reader a character is frightened or shocked. Phrases: «go pale», «turn pale», «pale blue», «pale as a ghost», «pale in comparison».

### Examples

- You look pale; are you feeling all right? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pale/#x1)
- He went pale when he saw the spider. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pale/#x2)
- She painted her room pale yellow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pale/#x3)
- The pale moon rose over the hills. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pale/#x4)
- Add white paint to make the colour paler. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pale/#x5)
- After the illness she was thin and pale. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pale/#x6)
- My drawing pales in comparison to yours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pale/#x7)
- Kicking the dog was beyond the pale. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pale/#x8)
- ‘Sylvia’s dear face is pale to-day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pale/#x9)

### Note

Comparatives: «paler, palest». Homophone: «pail» (a bucket), which sounds exactly the same. Pale is often used with colours: «pale green» (light green). Opposite: «dark» for colours, «rosy» or «flushed» for faces.

## In Jewish tradition

Isaiah says that Jacob's face will no longer turn pale with shame, because God will redeem his children.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads it as a promise that Israel will be honored again at the time of redemption.

### Examples

- Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale; (Prophets ISA.29.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pale/#x1)

### Note

Comparatives: «paler, palest». Homophone: «pail» (a bucket), which sounds exactly the same. Pale is often used with colours: «pale green» (light green). Opposite: «dark» for colours, «rosy» or «flushed» for faces.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pale» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pale/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pale» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pale.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «pale» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pale/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pale» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/pale.html) on Mova free.