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Definition of pale verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

pale

 verb
verb
NAmE//peɪl//
 
[intransitive] pale (at something)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they pale
 
 he / she / it pales
 
 past simple paled
 
 -ing form paling
 
 
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  • to become paler than usual She (= her face) paled visibly at the sight of the police car. The blue of the sky paled to a light gray.
    • Idioms
    pale beside/next to something, pale in/by comparison (with/to something), pale into insignificance
     
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    to seem less important when compared with something else Last year's riots pale in comparison with this latest outburst of violence. Our problems pale into insignificance when compared to theirs.
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