Pale
noun
- 1.
- (a stake, boundary) fence pale បង្គោល (របង) beyond the pale of the church ព្រំដែន
adjective
- 1.
- (faint in color, dim, whitish) pale complexion ដែលស្លាំង pale yellow ដែលព្រលែត pale hearted ដែលមិនហ៊ាន, ដែលមិនក្លាហាន pale imitation នៃធឺអន់
- 2.
- (វេជ្ជសាស្ត្រ) ស្លេកស្លាំង, ពណ៌ស្រាល
verb — past tense: paled ; past participle: paled ; present participle: paling ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (to make pale) ឡើងស្លាំង
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to become pale) ធ្វើអោយស្លាំង
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A pointed stake or slat, either driven into the ground, or fastened to a rail at the top and bottom, for fencing or inclosing; a picket.
- 2.
- That which incloses or fences in; a boundary; a limit; a fence; a palisade.
- 3.
- A space or field having bounds or limits; a limited region or place; an inclosure; -- often used figuratively.
- 4.
- A stripe or band, as on a garment.
- 5.
- One of the greater ordinaries, being a broad perpendicular stripe in an escutcheon, equally distant from the two edges, and occupying one third of it.
- 6.
- A cheese scoop.
- 7.
- A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened.
verb — past tense: paled ; past participle: paled ; present participle: paling ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To inclose with pales, or as with pales; to encircle; to encompass; to fence off.
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue.
- 3.
- (INTRANSITIVE) Not bright or brilliant; of a faint luster or hue; dim; as, the pale light of the moon.
- 4.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To turn pale; to lose color or luster.
- 5.
- (TRANSITIVE) To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
- 1.
- Paleness, pallor