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Meaning of palest

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

palest

verb

Definitions

  1. To turn pale; to lose colour.

  2. To become insignificant.

  3. To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Light in color.

    Example: I have pale yellow wallpaper.

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

    Example: His face turned pale after hearing about his mother's death.

  3. Feeble, faint.

    Example: He is but a pale shadow of his former self.

verb

Definitions

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