adj, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of pale form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Striped. obsolete

   "Buskins he wore of costliest cordwayne, / Pinckt vpon gold, and paled part per part,"

2. 2
   Enclosed with a paling. obsolete

   "A paled greene."

Synonyms

All synonyms

barredbeleagueredbesetboundcloisteredconfined

Example

More examples

"Tom's knowledge of computing paled in comparison to Mary's, so she got the programming job."

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