pales

/peɪlz/ · verb

Meaning

To turn pale; to lose colour.
To become insignificant.
To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
To enclose with pales, or as if with pales; to encircle or encompass; to fence off.
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.

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