pale

  1. Adjective.  light in color.
  2. Adjective.  (context, of human skin) having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.).
  3. Verb.  (intransitive) to become pale, to become insignificant.
  4. Noun.  wooden stake.
  5. Noun.  (archaic) fence made from wooden stake; palisade.
  6. Noun.  (by extension) limits, bounds (especially before (term, of) ).
  7. Noun.  The bounds of morality, good behaviour or judgment in civilized company, in the phrase ''beyond the pale''.
  8. Noun.  (heraldry) A vertical band down the middle of a shield.
  9. Noun.  (archaic) A territory or defensive area within a specific boundary or under a given jurisdiction.
  10. Noun.  (archaic) The jurisdiction (territorial or otherwise) of an authority.

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