The meaning of Pastier

adjective

(of a person) suffering from anaemia.

Usage examples:

The doctor said you were a bit anaemic

noun

A person suffering from anaemia.

Usage examples:

Cumin seeds are a rich source of iron and hence very beneficial for anaemics

adjective

(of a person's face) very pale with shock, fear, or illness.

Usage examples:

Eleanor's ashen face

adjective

Made of timber from the ash tree.

Usage examples:

I slopped the stuff on and miraculously the ashen timbers of our bench and table suite turned slowl…

adjective

(of a person’s face) looking pale and gray from illness, shock, or fear

adjective

(of a revolution or conflict) without violence or killing.

Usage examples:

A bloodless coup

adjective

Happening without the use of violence

Usage examples:

The rebel soldiers seized power in a bloodless coup.

adjective

Consisting of or rich in chalk.

Usage examples:

Chalky soil

adjective

(especially of a gas or liquid) without colour.

Usage examples:

A colourless liquid

adjective

Having no colour

Usage examples:

Water and glass are colourless., carbon monoxide is a colourless, odourless, poisonous gas., it is …

adjective

Of a colour intermediate between black and white, as of ashes or lead.

Usage examples:

Grey flannel trousers

noun

Grey colour or pigment.

Usage examples:

Dirty intermediate tones of grey

verb

(especially of hair) become grey with age.

Usage examples:

He had put on weight and greyed somewhat

adjective

Affected by jaundice, in particular unnaturally yellow in complexion.

Usage examples:

The 16-year-old was walking in an alleyway between museum gardens and exhibition square when the ma…

adjective

Containing or mixed with a large amount of milk.

Usage examples:

A cup of sweet milky coffee

adjective

Having the color or thickness of milk

Usage examples:

A milky white vase

adjective

Light in colour or shade; containing little colour or pigment.

Usage examples:

Choose pale floral patterns for walls

verb

Become pale in one's face from shock or fear.

Usage examples:

I paled at the thought of what she might say

noun

A wooden stake or post used with others to form a fence.

Usage examples:

Get creative with a picket fence and have diagonal pales nailed to the horizontal boards.

adjective

(of a person's face) pale, typically because of poor health.

Usage examples:

His face, with its wrinkled, pallid complexion

adjective

Pale and looking unhealthy

Usage examples:

He looked pallid and bloated a few years ago.

adjective

Looking pale and sick

adjective

Pale from illness or fatigue; sickly.

Usage examples:

You're looking a bit peaky—a change of scene would do you good

adjective

Having or resembling a peak or peaks.

Usage examples:

Beat the cream until soft and peaky

adjective

Slightly ill, often looking pale

Usage examples:

You look a bit peaky, love, are you all right?

adjective

Often ill; in poor health.

Usage examples:

She was a thin, sickly child

adjective

Weak and unhealthy

Usage examples:

He was a sickly child.

adjective

(of a person's complexion or appearance) pale and giving the impression of illness or exhaustion.

Usage examples:

She was looking wan and bleary-eyed

abbreviation

Wide area network.

noun

A computer network in which the computers connected may be far apart, generally having a radius of more than 1 km.

adjective

Having a smooth, pale, translucent surface or appearance like that of wax.

Usage examples:

A canopy of waxen, creamy blooms

adjective

Of the colour of milk or fresh snow, due to the reflection of all visible rays of light; the opposite of black.

Usage examples:

A sheet of white paper

noun

White colour or pigment.

Usage examples:

Garnet-red flowers flecked with white

verb

A member of a light-skinned people, especially one of european extraction.