n. a wooden strip forming part of a fence

v. turn pale, as if in fear

adj. not full or rich; "high, pale, pure and lovely song"

adj. lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness; "a pale rendition of the aria"; "pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender"; "a pallid performance"

v. make whiter or lighter; "bleach the laundry"

v. become brighter; "The sky brightened"

v. become lighter; "The room lightened up"

v. become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred"

v. become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"

v. remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt"

v. make less lively or vigorous; "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"

v. lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"

v. become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"

v. become dim or lusterless; "the lights dimmed and the curtain rose"

adj. unhealthy looking

adj. lacking in body or vigor; "faded pastel charms of the naive music"

adj. designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight; "light aircraft"; "a light truck"

adj. lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness; "a wan smile"

adj. having the paleness of wax; "the poor face with the same awful waxen pallor"- Bram Stoker; "the soldier turned his waxlike features toward him"; "a thin face with a waxy paleness"

adj. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"

adj. tediously repetitious or lacking in variety; "a humdrum existence; all work and no play"; "nothing is so monotonous as the sea"

adj. lacking vigor or energy; "an anemic attempt to hit the baseball"

adj. lacking strength or vigor

adj. having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude; "a breakaway faction"

adj. lacking strength or vigor; "damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice"

adj. pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; "a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument"

adj. having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"

adj. of inferior workmanship and materials; "mean little jerry-built houses"

adj. (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice"

adj. weak in willpower, courage or vitality

adj. lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness; "a wan smile"

adj. inferior in strength or significance; "a puny physique"; "puny excuses"

adj. lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame"

adj. capable of being wounded or hurt; "vulnerable parts of the body"

adj. overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery milk"; "weak tea"

adj. lacking in interest: "her drab personality"; "his competent but dull performance of the role"

adj. lacking distinguishing quality or characteristics; "a neutral personality that made no impression whatever"