What (who) is pale - definition

WRESTLING IN ANCIENT GREECE

Ancient Greek wrestling; Greek Wrestling; Roman Wrestling; Pále; Ancient greek wrestling

pale

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Pale (jurisdiction); Pale (town); Pale (disambiguation)

adj.

devoid of color

1) deathly pale

2) to go, turn pale

3) pale with (rage)

1) (d; intr.) ('to become devoid of color') to pale at ('to pale at the sight of blood')

2) (d; intr.) ('to become less important') to pale before, beside (everything paled before the possibility of war)

3) (d; intr.) ('to fade') to pale into (to pale into insignificance)

III

prescribed area

beyond, outside the pale

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Pale (jurisdiction); Pale (town); Pale (disambiguation)

(paler, palest, pales, paling, paled)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

If something is pale, it is very light in colour or almost white.

Migrating birds filled the pale sky...

As we age, our skin becomes paler.

? dark

ADJ

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Pale is also a combining form.

...a pale blue sailor dress...

COMB in COLOUR

If someone looks pale, their face looks a lighter colour than usual, usually because they are ill, frightened, or shocked.

She looked pale and tired...

ADJ: usu v-link ADJ

• paleness

...his paleness when he realized that he was bleeding.

N-UNCOUNT: oft with poss

If one thing pales in comparison with another, it is made to seem much less important, serious, or good by it.

When someone you love has a life-threatening illness, everything else pales in comparison.

...a soap opera against which other soaps pale into insignificance.

VERB: V, V prep

If you think that someone's actions or behaviour are not acceptable, you can say that they are beyond the pale.

This sort of thing really is quite beyond the pale.

= unacceptable

PHRASE: PHR after v, oft PHR of n

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Pale (jurisdiction); Pale (town); Pale (disambiguation)

pale¹

¦ adjective

1. containing little colour or pigment; light in colour or shade.

(of a person's face) having little colour, typically as a result of shock, fear, or ill health.

2. unimpressive or inferior: a pale imitation.

¦ verb

1. become pale in one's face.

2. seem or become less important.

Derivatives

palely adverb

paleness noun

palish adjective

Origin

ME: from OFr. pale, from L. pallidus.

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pale²

¦ noun

1. a wooden stake used with others to form a fence.

2. a conceptual boundary: within the pale of decency.

3. (often the Pale) archaic or historical an area within determined bounds or subject to a particular jurisdiction.

4. Heraldry a broad vertical stripe down the middle of a shield.

Phrases

beyond the pale outside the bounds of acceptable behaviour.

Word History

Pale entered Middle English from the Old French word pal, from Latin palus 'stake'. The idea of a stake forming part of a fence or boundary led to the development of the phrase beyond the pale. The term Pale was applied to various English-controlled territories, in particular to the area of Ireland under English jurisdiction before the 16th century. The earliest reference (1547) to the Pale in Ireland as such draws the contrast between the English Pale and the 'wyld Irysh': the area beyond the pale would have been regarded as dangerous and uncivilized by the English.

Wikipedia

Greek wrestling

Greek wrestling (Greek: πάλη, translit. pálē), also known as Ancient Greek wrestling and Pále (πάλη), was the most popular organized sport in Ancient Greece. A point was scored when one player touched the ground with his back, hip or shoulder, or conceding defeat due to a submission-hold or was forced out of the wrestling-area. Three points had to be scored to win the match.

One particularly important position in this form of wrestling was one where one of the contestants was lying on his abdomen with the other on his back trying to strangle him (back mount). The athlete on the bottom would try to grasp an arm of the one on top and turn him over onto his back while the athlete on top would try to complete the choke without being rolled.

Wrestling was the first competition to be added to the Olympic Games that was not a footrace. It was added in 708 B.C. (Miller, 46). The competitions were held in elimination-tournament style until one wrestler was crowned the victor. The wrestling area was one square plethron or stremma. This event was also part of the pentathlon. Wrestling was regarded as the best expression of strength out of all of the competitions and was represented in Greek mythology by Heracles.

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Pronunciation examples for pale

1. was to be pale, pale, pale, like as pale

All the Ever Afters _ Danielle Teller _ Talks at Google

2. pale...

Waiting for Godot

3. Paleo.

The Whole Foods Diet _ John Mackey _ Talks at Google

4. Paleo?

Undeniable _ Bill Nye _ Talks at Google

5. Paleo?

The Anatomy of Flavor _ Tyler Florence Fresh _ Talks at Google

Examples of use of pale

1. The Palestinians‘ actions therefore pale in comparison.

2. Support: Cheryl and Kimberly came out to toast the product launch for Nicola‘s new make–up range for pale skins She opted to create her own make–up range for pale skin because she has pale skin herself.

3. What happened to us that instead of the Hagashash Hahiver (The Pale Tracker) we are left with a collection of pale entertainers?

4. "Faded Cloth"? Again, pale blue, as is "Stargaze." That makes some sort of sense, I guess, if "Blazing Star" is a pale blue.

5. Human efforts will always pale in comparison to nature‘s forces.