verb
definition
To turn pale; to lose colour.
definition
To become insignificant.
definition
To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
verb
definition
To enclose with pales, or as if with pales; to encircle or encompass; to fence off.
Examples of pales in a Sentence
Transit ridership, Fay noted, still pales in comparison to the number of people who travel by private vehicle.
Although the number of professional liability lawsuits encountered by real estate brokers pales in comparison with those encountered by doctors, the possibility still exists.
Special deities, moreover, will demand special victims, while the more rustic numina, such as Pales, should be given milk and millet cakes rather than a blood-offering.
Here we have a series of celebrations representing the occupations of the successive seasons, addressed sometimes to numina who developed later on into the great gods of the state, such as Jupiter, Mars or Ceres, sometimes to vaguer divinities who remained always indefinite and rustic in character, such as Pales and Consus.
He is said to have feasted amongst his impaled victims. When the sultan Mahomet, infuriated at the impalement of his envoy, the pasha of Vidin, who had been charged with Vlad's deposition, invaded Walachia in person with an immense host, he is said to have found at one spot a forest of pales on which were the bodies of men, women and children.
The small vessel can accommodate just over 1,000 passengers, which pales in comparison to the newest ships in the Norwegian fleet, the Norwegian Star and the Norwegian Dawn, both of which easily serve over 2,200 passengers.
The Curve 8310 is quite advanced, but it pales in comparison to the phones that are available now (and those that are right around the corner).
Even if your lender pays interest on your escrow account, the amount of interest you will earn likely pales in comparison to the amount of interest you would save by putting the additional money toward the principal balance.
I served my time, all twelve years, three months and sixteen days of it, but it pales in the face of suffering I poured on these young ladies.
Pales plays a very subordinate part in the religion of Rome, even the sex of the divinity being uncertain.
A male Pales was sometimes spoken of, corresponding in some respects to Pan; the female Pales was associated with Vesta and Anna Perenna.