--- title: P — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 3 description: The 1498 words of the English dictionary under P, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / P # P — The English dictionary · page 3 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* A painting is a picture made with paint.[↗](../../painting/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Painting is the art or job of making pictures with paint.[↗](../../painting/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Painting is the -ing form of paint: «He is painting the fence».[↗](../../painting/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The museum has 40 paintings.[↗](../../painting/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She sold 3 paintings for 25 dollars each.[↗](../../painting/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He is painting the fence.[↗](../../painting/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Each painting takes 2 hours.[↗](../../painting/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My favourite painting shows sunflowers.[↗](../../painting/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Painting is her favourite hobby.[↗](../../painting/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The paintings hang on the gallery walls.[↗](../../painting/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Face painting costs one dollar at the fair.[↗](../../painting/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Inside, in the hall, valuable oil paintings were hanging on the walls.[↗](../../painting/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **pair** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pair is two things of the same kind that go together: a pair of socks.[↗](../../pair/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A pair is one thing made of two parts: a pair of scissors, a pair of trousers.[↗](../../pair/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A pair is two people or animals together.[↗](../../pair/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To pair up is to make groups of two.[↗](../../pair/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* How many socks are in 6 pairs of socks?[↗](../../pair/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Max has seven pairs of gloves.[↗](../../pair/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Anna buys 3 pairs of shoes.[↗](../../pair/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Work in pairs to check your answers.[↗](../../pair/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I need a new pair of scissors.[↗](../../pair/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · 4 and 6 are a pair that makes 10.[↗](../../pair/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A pair of swans swam on the lake.[↗](../../pair/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Pair up with the person next to you.[↗](../../pair/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · One day the pair unexpectedly met a Lion.[↗](../../pair/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Thus in combining all together in pairs are produced these two hundred and thirty-one gates of knowledge.[↗](../../pair/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../pair/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And, behold, there came a troop of men, horsemen by pairs.[↗](../../pair/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.21.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pair/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the corn?'[↗](../../pair/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets AMO.8.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pair/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes, which are come up from the washing; whereof all are paired, and none faileth among them.[↗](../../pair/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.6.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pair/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **pairing** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pairing is two people or things put together, as a pair or a team.[↗](../../pairing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Pairing is the act of putting things into pairs.[↗](../../pairing/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (technology) Pairing is connecting two devices, such as headphones and a phone, by Bluetooth.[↗](../../pairing/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The teacher announced the pairings for the science project.[↗](../../pairing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Pairing the socks takes ages after washing.[↗](../../pairing/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My headphones are pairing with my tablet.[↗](../../pairing/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Cheese and apple is a tasty pairing.[↗](../../pairing/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The tennis pairing won the doubles final.[↗](../../pairing/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Pairing 1 with 9 and 2 with 8 makes adding quick.[↗](../../pairing/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **paisley** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pattern of curved, teardrop shapes with patterns inside them, used on fabric, ties and scarves.[↗](../../paisley/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Paisley: a town in Scotland near Glasgow, which gave the pattern its name (a name).[↗](../../paisley/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad wore a paisley tie to the wedding.[↗](../../paisley/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We drew paisley patterns in art.[↗](../../paisley/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The paisley shape looks a bit like a teardrop or a comma.[↗](../../paisley/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma has a red paisley scarf.[↗](../../paisley/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Paisley in Scotland was famous for weaving shawls.[↗](../../paisley/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My bandana has a black and white paisley pattern.[↗](../../paisley/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **pal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) A friend.[↗](../../pal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «Pen pal» or «pen friend»: someone you write letters to, often in another country.[↗](../../pal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He's my best pal.[↗](../../pal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We have been pals since nursery.[↗](../../pal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I write letters to my pen pal in Australia.[↗](../../pal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog is my faithful pal.[↗](../../pal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Come on, pal, let's go home.[↗](../../pal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The two of them palled up on the first day of camp.[↗](../../pal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **palace** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A very large, grand house where a king, queen, president or bishop lives.[↗](../../palace/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A big, splendid building for public fun: a picture palace, an ice palace.[↗](../../palace/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) Any house that is very fine: «Your new house is a palace!».[↗](../../palace/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The queen lived in a palace with hundreds of rooms.[↗](../../palace/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched the guards change outside Buckingham Palace.[↗](../../palace/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The princess ran through the palace gardens.[↗](../../palace/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The palace has 775 rooms.[↗](../../palace/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Their new house is a palace compared to our flat.[↗](../../palace/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Palace said the king was well.[↗](../../palace/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He reached the palace at sunrise.[↗](../../palace/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · These Seven Double Letters point out seven localities; Above, Below, East, West, North, South, and the Palace of Holiness in the midst of them sustaining all things.[↗](../../palace/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../palace/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · These Seven Double Letters point out seven localities ; Above, Below, East, West, North, South, and the Palace of HoHness in the midst of them sus- taining all things.[↗](../../palace/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../palace/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.[↗](../../palace/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.122.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../palace/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · God in her palaces hath made Himself known for a stronghold.[↗](../../palace/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.48.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../palace/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.[↗](../../palace/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets NAM.2.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../palace/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **palaeontologist** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A scientist who studies fossils to learn about plants and animals that lived long ago, like dinosaurs.[↗](../../palaeontologist/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A palaeontologist found a dinosaur bone near the cliff.[↗](../../palaeontologist/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I want to be a palaeontologist when I grow up.[↗](../../palaeontologist/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Palaeontologists use brushes to clean fossils gently.[↗](../../palaeontologist/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The palaeontologist said the tooth belonged to a T. rex.[↗](../../palaeontologist/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mary Anning was a famous fossil hunter and early palaeontologist.[↗](../../palaeontologist/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Palaeontologists study ancient plants too.[↗](../../palaeontologist/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **palaeontology** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The science that studies life from long ago, mostly through fossils of animals and plants, such as dinosaurs.[↗](../../palaeontology/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The study of how living things changed over millions of years.[↗](../../palaeontology/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Palaeontology is the study of fossils.[↗](../../palaeontology/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She wants to study palaeontology and dig up dinosaurs.[↗](../../palaeontology/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mary Anning made great discoveries for palaeontology.[↗](../../palaeontology/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Palaeontology tells us that sharks are older than trees.[↗](../../palaeontology/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum has a palaeontology room full of bones.[↗](../../palaeontology/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In palaeontology, a single tooth can tell you what an animal ate.[↗](../../palaeontology/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **palanquin** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A covered seat or bed on poles, carried on the shoulders of servants, used in old times to carry a rich lady or prince.[↗](../../palanquin/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They were to dress her and bring her to him in the palanquin.[↗](../../palanquin/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The prince took his finest palanquin.[↗](../../palanquin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The palanquin arrived with the gardener's daughter.[↗](../../palanquin/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · King Solomon made himself a palanquin of the wood of Lebanon.[↗](../../palanquin/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.3.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../palanquin/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **palatable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Nice enough to eat or drink; having a pleasant taste.[↗](../../palatable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Acceptable or easy to agree with.[↗](../../palatable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a more palatable idea".[↗](../../palatable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The medicine was made palatable with strawberry flavour.[↗](../../palatable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Adding honey made the porridge more palatable.[↗](../../palatable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · School dinners have become more palatable this year.[↗](../../palatable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The new bedtime rule was more palatable when we got a story too.[↗](../../palatable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The truth was not palatable, but he needed to hear it.[↗](../../palatable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some leaves are not palatable to caterpillars.[↗](../../palatable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **palatal** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Having to do with the palate, the roof of the mouth, as with the sounds made there.[↗](../../palatal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* This is the modern classification of the letters into guttural, palatal, lingual, dental and labial sounds.[↗](../../palatal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../palatal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Twenty-two letters are formed by the voice, impressed on the air, and audibly uttered in five situations, in the throat, guttural sounds; in the palate, palatals; by the tongue, linguals; through the teeth, dentals; and by the lips, labial sounds.[↗](../../palatal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../palatal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **palate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Your palate is the roof of your mouth.[↗](../../palate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person's palate is their sense of taste and what foods they like.[↗](../../palate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Your tongue touches your palate when you say «t».[↗](../../palate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The hard palate is at the front of your mouth.[↗](../../palate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The food was too spicy for my palate.[↗](../../palate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · This dish will please any palate.[↗](../../palate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Babies are sometimes born with a cleft palate, which doctors can fix.[↗](../../palate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Chefs train their palate to taste small differences.[↗](../../palate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I burned my palate on hot pizza.[↗](../../palate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · My palate prefers sweet things.[↗](../../palate/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "I can't say it quite suits my palate.[↗](../../palate/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Twenty-two letters are formed by the voice, impressed on the air, and audibly uttered in five situations, in the throat, guttural sounds; in the palate, palatals; by the tongue, linguals; through the teeth, dentals; and by the lips, labial sounds.[↗](../../palate/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../palate/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · For the ear trieth words, as the palate tasteth food.[↗](../../palate/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.34.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../palate/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Doth not the ear try words, even as the palate tasteth its food?[↗](../../palate/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.12.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../palate/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · How sweet are Thy words unto my palate! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth\![↗](../../palate/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.119.103, JPS 1917)[↗](../../palate/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **palaver** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, UK) A lot of fuss and bother about something unimportant: what a palaver\![↗](../../palaver/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old) Long talk or chatter.[↗](../../palaver/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (old) A long meeting or talk between groups of people, especially between traders and local people long ago.[↗](../../palaver/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* What a palaver getting the dog into the car\![↗](../../palaver/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum said the school concert was a lot of palaver.[↗](../../palaver/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop all this palaver and get your shoes on\![↗](../../palaver/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The chiefs held a long palaver by the river.[↗](../../palaver/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a great palaver over who sat where.[↗](../../palaver/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It's too much palaver to bake bread every day.[↗](../../palaver/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Den, atter some mo' palaver, Brer Fox make a bargain dat Mr. Buzzard wuz ter watch de hole, en keep Brer Rabbit dar wiles Brer Fox went atter his axe.[↗](../../palaver/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **pale** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Pale describes a face or skin that has less colour than usual, often because someone is ill, scared or shocked.[↗](../../pale/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A pale colour is light and soft, not strong or dark, like pale blue.[↗](../../pale/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Pale light is weak, not bright.[↗](../../pale/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To pale means to become pale, or to seem less important next to something else.[↗](../../pale/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Beyond the pale means very bad or not acceptable.[↗](../../pale/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* You look pale; are you feeling all right?[↗](../../pale/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He went pale when he saw the spider.[↗](../../pale/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She painted her room pale yellow.[↗](../../pale/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The pale moon rose over the hills.[↗](../../pale/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Add white paint to make the colour paler.[↗](../../pale/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · After the illness she was thin and pale.[↗](../../pale/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My drawing pales in comparison to yours.[↗](../../pale/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Kicking the dog was beyond the pale.[↗](../../pale/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘Sylvia’s dear face is pale to-day.[↗](../../pale/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale; (Prophets ISA.29.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pale/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **paleness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The state of being pale: having a light colour or less colour than usual.[↗](../../paleness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Lightness of a person's face when they are ill, tired or frightened.[↗](../../paleness/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Her paleness worried the school nurse.[↗](../../paleness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The paleness of the sky meant snow was coming.[↗](../../paleness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He noticed the paleness of the ghostly figure.[↗](../../paleness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · After the flu, his paleness lasted a week.[↗](../../paleness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The paleness of the wall made the room feel cool.[↗](../../paleness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Fear showed in the sudden paleness of her face.[↗](../../paleness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child; wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?[↗](../../paleness/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.30.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../paleness/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **palestinian** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Palestinian means from or connected with the Palestinian people or the Palestinian territories, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, in the Middle East.[↗](../../palestinian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) A Palestinian is a person from this people, whether living there or elsewhere in the world.[↗](../../palestinian/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Many Palestinian families live in Gaza and the West Bank.[↗](../../palestinian/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our neighbour is Palestinian and makes delicious maqluba.[↗](../../palestinian/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The news showed Palestinian children in a camp for refugees.[↗](../../palestinian/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Many countries recognise a State of Palestine, and some do not.[↗](../../palestinian/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Palestinian embroidery has beautiful red patterns.[↗](../../palestinian/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Leaders met to talk about peace between Israelis and Palestinians.[↗](../../palestinian/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Palestinian Christians live in Bethlehem, where Christians believe Jesus was born.[↗](../../palestinian/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **palette** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A flat board or tray that an artist uses to hold and mix paints.[↗](../../palette/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The set of colours used in a painting, a room, a design or a computer program.[↗](../../palette/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a palette of blues and greens".[↗](../../palette/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A range of things to choose from, such as sounds or flavours.[↗](../../palette/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Squeeze some red and white paint onto your palette.[↗](../../palette/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She mixed pink on her palette.[↗](../../palette/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The painting uses a palette of soft greens.[↗](../../palette/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Pick a colour from the palette at the top of the screen.[↗](../../palette/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash your palette before the paint dries.[↗](../../palette/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The autumn trees showed a palette of red, orange and gold.[↗](../../palette/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **palfrey** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old use, in fairy tales) A gentle horse ridden by a lady or a knight, not a war horse.[↗](../../palfrey/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He changed the old mare into a brisk piebald palfrey.[↗](../../palfrey/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She was perched on a magnificent palfrey.[↗](../../palfrey/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I had my palfrey saddled and rode to the forest.[↗](../../palfrey/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **palindrome** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A palindrome is a word, number or sentence that reads the same backwards as forwards, like «level», «racecar», «12321» or «Was it a car or a cat I saw?».[↗](../../palindrome/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Level» is a palindrome.[↗](../../palindrome/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My name, Hannah, is a palindrome.[↗](../../palindrome/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · 12321 is a palindromic number.[↗](../../palindrome/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Never odd or even» is a palindrome sentence.[↗](../../palindrome/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you write a palindrome that is a whole sentence?[↗](../../palindrome/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · 47 + 74 = 121, and 121 is a palindrome.[↗](../../palindrome/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · «Kayak» reads the same backwards and forwards.[↗](../../palindrome/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Madam, in Eden, I'm Adam.[↗](../../palindrome/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **paling** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pointed wooden stake that is part of a fence.[↗](../../paling/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A fence made of such stakes (palings).[↗](../../paling/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Paling» is also the -ing form of «to pale», to become pale or less bright.[↗](../../paling/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cat climbed over the palings.[↗](../../paling/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · (Australia) Dad fixed the paling fence.[↗](../../paling/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her face was paling with fear.[↗](../../paling/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The sky was paling as dawn came.[↗](../../paling/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Mole squeezed through a gap in the palings.[↗](../../paling/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A paling had fallen in the storm.[↗](../../paling/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Fresh and fragrant roses hung over the little palings.[↗](../../paling/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/2/) **3** [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/4/) … [77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/77/) - ← previous: [page 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/2/) - next →: [page 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/4/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)