pale

Paleness; pallor.

To turn pale; to lose colour.

To become insignificant.

To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.

Light in color.

“I have pale yellow wallpaper.”

(of human skin) Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.).

“His face turned pale after hearing about his mother's death.”

Feeble, faint.

“He is but a pale shadow of his former self.”

A wooden stake; a picket.

Fence made from wooden stake; palisade.

(by extension) Limits, bounds (especially before of).

The bounds of morality, good behaviour or judgment in civilized company, in the phrase beyond the pale.

A vertical band down the middle of a shield.

A territory or defensive area within a specific boundary or under a given jurisdiction.

The jurisdiction (territorial or otherwise) of an authority.

A cheese scoop.

A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened.

To enclose with pales, or as if with pales; to encircle or encompass; to fence off.