pales

• barricades
• barriers
• bleaches
• brightens
• chains
• deterrents
• embarrassments
• encumbrances
• fades
• fences
• handicaps
• hedges
• hurdles
• impediments
• interferences
• lets
• obstacles
• obstructions
• palings
• stumbling blocks
• walls

• darkens
• deepens
• doors
• doorways
• entrances
• entries
• gates
• portals

• verb
1. To turn pale; to lose colour.
2. To become insignificant.
3. To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
4. To enclose with pales, or as if with pales; to encircle or encompass; to fence off.
• noun
1. A wooden stake; a picket.
2. Fence made from wooden stake; palisade.
3. (by extension) Limits, bounds (especially before of).
4. The bounds of morality, good behaviour or judgment in civilized company, in the phrase beyond the pale.
5. A vertical band down the middle of a shield.
6. A territory or defensive area within a specific boundary or under a given jurisdiction.
7. The jurisdiction (territorial or otherwise) of an authority.
8. A cheese scoop.
9. A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened.

• Her achievements pales in comparison to her brother's.
• The moonlight pales in intensity as dawn approaches.
• His argument pales when faced with the evidence presented by his opponent.
• The beauty of the artificial flowers pales next to that of real ones.
• In the face of adversity, his courage never pales.

nacreous

• colorful
• frosted
• iridescent
• lustrous
• milky
• off-white
• opalescent
• pearlescent
• pearly
• shimmering

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