What does palen mean?
Palen means (ambitransitive, rare) To make or become pale..
Palen
Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
Meaning
(ambitransitive, rare) To make or become pale..
Example Sentences
[…] the brown portion gradually palened towards the postero-interior margin, with an inconspicuous paler median streak.
Marion dumped Alice in the wheelbarrow with slices of honeybread between dock leaves on her lap, and wheeled it down the garden, past the beans, darkening as they ripened, past the peas, palening as they ripened, past the neat rows of onions and cabbages.
Synonyms for palen
Antonyms for palen
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Word Forms
- palens
- palening
- palened
Usage Notes
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How do you use palen in a sentence?
[…] the brown portion gradually palened towards the postero-interior margin, with an inconspicuous paler median streak.
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