deficient in colour or intensity of colour; pallid

a pale face

not bright or brilliant; dim

a pale sun shining through the fog

feeble or faint

a pale imitation

said of a colour: not deep or dark; light and whitish

a pale pink

to become pale

to seem inferior or less important

He was so worried about the children that everything else seemed to pale into insignificance

an upright post forming part of a fence

formerly, a territory or district within certain bounds or under a particular jurisdiction

a broad vertical band down the centre of a heraldic shield