What (who) is turn pale - definition
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pale
I
adj.
devoid of color
1) deathly pale
2) to go, turn pale
3) pale with (rage)
II
v.
1) (d; intr.) ('to become devoid of color') to pale at ('to pale at the sight of blood')
2) (d; intr.) ('to become less important') to pale before, beside (everything paled before the possibility of war)
3) (d; intr.) ('to fade') to pale into (to pale into insignificance)
III
n.
prescribed area
beyond, outside the pale
pale
(paler, palest, pales, paling, paled)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If something is pale, it is very light in colour or almost white.
Migrating birds filled the pale sky...
As we age, our skin becomes paler.
? dark
ADJ
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Pale is also a combining form.
...a pale blue sailor dress...
COMB in COLOUR
2.
If someone looks pale, their face looks a lighter colour than usual, usually because they are ill, frightened, or shocked.
She looked pale and tired...
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ
• paleness
...his paleness when he realized that he was bleeding.
N-UNCOUNT: oft with poss
3.
If one thing pales in comparison with another, it is made to seem much less important, serious, or good by it.
When someone you love has a life-threatening illness, everything else pales in comparison.
...a soap opera against which other soaps pale into insignificance.
VERB: V, V prep
4.
If you think that someone's actions or behaviour are not acceptable, you can say that they are beyond the pale.
This sort of thing really is quite beyond the pale.
= unacceptable
PHRASE: PHR after v, oft PHR of n
pale
pale1
¦ adjective
1. containing little colour or pigment; light in colour or shade.
(of a person's face) having little colour, typically as a result of shock, fear, or ill health.
2. unimpressive or inferior: a pale imitation.
¦ verb
1. become pale in one's face.
2. seem or become less important.
Derivatives
palely adverb
paleness noun
palish adjective
Origin
ME: from OFr. pale, from L. pallidus.
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pale2
¦ noun
1. a wooden stake used with others to form a fence.
2. a conceptual boundary: within the pale of decency.
3. (often the Pale) archaic or historical an area within determined bounds or subject to a particular jurisdiction.
4. Heraldry a broad vertical stripe down the middle of a shield.
Phrases
beyond the pale outside the bounds of acceptable behaviour.
Word History
Pale entered Middle English from the Old French word pal, from Latin palus 'stake'. The idea of a stake forming part of a fence or boundary led to the development of the phrase beyond the pale. The term Pale was applied to various English-controlled territories, in particular to the area of Ireland under English jurisdiction before the 16th century. The earliest reference (1547) to the Pale in Ireland as such draws the contrast between the English Pale and the 'wyld Irysh': the area beyond the pale would have been regarded as dangerous and uncivilized by the English.
Wikipedia
Turn, Turn, Turn
Turn, Turn, Turn may refer to:
- "Turn! Turn! Turn!", a 1959 song by Pete Seeger that later became a hit for The Byrds
- Turn! Turn! Turn! (album), an album by The Byrds
- "Turn, Turn, Turn" (CSI), an episode of the TV series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- "Turn! Turn! Turn!" (True Blood), a 2012 episode of the TV series True Blood
- "Turn, Turn, Turn", an episode of the TV series 7th Heaven
- Turn, Turn, Turn (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), a 2014 episode of the American TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Pronunciation examples for turn pale
1. And I see janitor man mumble something in drunk language and turn pale,
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Examples of use of turn pale
1. Your skin may turn pale and your heart rate increases.
2. Such suggestions, he said, make officials "turn pale like you‘ve mentioned a tiger." The pending property law, drafted and redrafted over eight years, also could set off passions.
3. As always, the Russians go against the stream of the international crowd with a burningly passionate patriotism that makes more shy populations, such as mine, turn pale.
4. In rural areas especially, the stigma against criminals and their families is felt almost as strongly as it was during the Cultural Revolution, the brutal 10–year campaign of terror that pitted youth against parent, wiped out any notion of trust and taught millions of people to shun "bad elements." "People used to turn pale when talking about criminals in those times," said Zhang Shuqin, 58, director of the Beijing Sun Village Research Institute for Helping Special Children.