Turn+pale

  • 11turn — /tɜn / (say tern) verb (t) 1. cause to move round on an axis or about a centre; rotate: to turn a wheel. 2. to cause to move round or partly round, as for the purpose of opening, closing, tightening, etc.: to turn a key. 3. to reverse the… …

  • 12turn — [[t]tɜrn[/t]] v. t. 1) to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel[/ex] 2) to cause to move around or partly around, as for the purpose of opening, closing, or tightening: to turn a key[/ex] 3) to reverse the… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 13turn red — Synonyms and related words: blanch, blush, change color, color, color up, crimson, darken, flame, flush, glow, grow red, look black, mantle, pale, redden, squirm with self consciousness, stammer, turn color, turn pale, whiten …

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  • 14pale — English has two words pale. The adjective [13] comes via Old French from Latin pallidus (source also of English appal – originally ‘turn pale’ – pall ‘become wearisome’ [14] – originally a shortening of appal – and pallid [17]). This was a… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 15pale — English has two words pale. The adjective [13] comes via Old French from Latin pallidus (source also of English appal – originally ‘turn pale’ – pall ‘become wearisome’ [14] – originally a shortening of appal – and pallid [17]). This was a… …

    Word origins

  • 16Pale-billed Flowerpecker — Pale billed or Tickell s Flowerpecker Conservation status …

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  • 17turn — I n. change of direction direction 1) to make, negotiate a turn (to negotiate a difficult turn) 2) to take a turn (the conversation took an interesting turn) 3) a left; right; sharp turn; U turn (to make a U turn) 4) a turn to (a turn to the… …

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  • 18Pale Fire — Infobox Book name = Pale Fire image caption = First US edition of Pale Fire author = Vladimir Nabokov country = United States language = English genre = publisher = G. P. Putnam s Sons release date = 1962 (corrected edition first published by… …

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  • 19Pale Blue Dot — The Pale Blue Dot is a photograph of planet Earth taken by Voyager 1 from a record distance, showing it against the vastness of space. It is also the title of a 1994 book by scientist and astronomer Carl Sagan. Both the idea for taking the… …

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  • 20pale — pale1 W3 [peıl] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin pallidus; PALLID] 1.) having a skin colour that is very white, or whiter than it usually is ▪ He looked very pale and drawn. turn/go pale ▪ He suddenly went pale. ▪ Sharon went… …

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