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Meaning of pales
verb
- To turn pale; to lose colour.
- To become insignificant.
- To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
verb
- To enclose with pales, or as if with pales; to encircle or encompass; to fence off.
noun
- 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.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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