Investigation of Words

I investigated the words within my phrase by looking at the actual literal meaning and then comparing it to my actual meaning of it to me from my original story.

Pale:
adjective, pal·er, pal·est, verb, paled, pal·ing. –adjective

1.	lacking intensity of color; colorless or whitish: a pale complexion.

2.	of a low degree of chroma, saturation, or purity; approaching white or gray: pale yellow.

3.	not bright or brilliant; dim: the pale moon.

4.	faint or feeble; lacking vigor: a pale protest.

–verb (used without object), verb (used with object)

5.	to make or become pale: to pale at the sight of blood.

Coldness:
cold adjective, -er, -est, noun, adverb –adjective

1.	having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: cold water; a cold day.

2.	feeling an uncomfortable lack of warmth; chilled: The skaters were cold.

3.	having a temperature lower than the normal temperature of the human body: cold hands.

4.	lacking in passion, emotion, enthusiasm, ardor, etc.; dispassionate: cold reason.

5.	not affectionate, cordial, or friendly; unresponsive: a cold reply; a cold reception.

6.	lacking sensual desire: She remained cold to his advances.

7.	failing to excite feeling or interest: the cold precision of his prose.

8.	unexcitable; imperturbable: cold impassivity.

9.	depressing; dispiriting: the cold atmosphere of a hospital waiting room.

10.	unconscious because of a severe blow, shock, etc.: I knocked him cold with an uppercut.

11.	lacking the warmth of life; lifeless: When the doctor arrived, the body was already cold.

12.	faint; weak: The dogs lost the cold scent.

13.	(in games) distant from the object of search or the correct answer.

14.	Slang. (in sports and games) not scoring or winning; ineffective: Cold shooting and poor rebounding were their undoing.

15.	Art. a. having cool colors, esp. muted tones tending toward grayish blue. b. being a cool color.

16.	slow to absorb heat, as a soil containing a large amount of clay and hence retentive of moisture.

17.	Metalworking. noting or pertaining to any process involving plastic deformation of a metal at a temperature below that at which recrystallization can occur because of the strain: cold working.

–noun

18.	the relative absence of heat: Everyone suffered from the intense cold.

19.	the sensation produced by loss of heat from the body, as by contact with anything having a lower temperature than that of the body: He felt the cold of the steel door against his cheek.

20.	cold weather: He can't take the cold.

21.	Also called common cold. a respiratory disorder characterized by sneezing, sore throat, coughing, etc., caused by an allergic reaction or by a viral, bacterial, or mixed infection.

–adverb

22.	with complete competence, thoroughness, or certainty; absolutely: He learned his speech cold.

23.	without preparation or prior notice: She had to play the lead role cold.

24.	in an abrupt, unceremonious manner: He quit the job cold.

25.	Metalworking. at a temperature below that at which recrystallization can occur (sometimes used in combination): to cold-hammer an iron bar; The wire was drawn cold.

—Idioms

26.	catch or take cold, to get or suffer from a cold: We all caught cold during that dreadful winter.

27.	go cold, Slang. (in sports and games) to become unproductive or ineffective; be unable to score.

28.	in cold blood. blood (def. 20).

29.	in from the cold, out of a position or condition of exile, concealment, isolation, or alienation: Since the new government promised amnesty, fugitive rebels are coming in from the cold.

30.	left out in the cold, neglected; ignored; forgotten: After the baby came, the young husband felt left out in the cold. Also, out in the cold.

31.	throw cold water on, to disparage; disapprove of; dampen the enthusiasm of: They threw cold water on her hopes to take acting classes.

Running In:
run·ning noun

1.	the act of a person, animal, or thing that runs.

2.	managing or directing: the running of a business.

3.	an act or instance of racing: the 113th running of the Kentucky Derby.

4.	the condition of a track or surface to be run or raced on; footing: Our track team had muddy running today.

5.	the amount, quality, or type of a liquid flow.

–adjective

6.	galloping, racing, moving, or passing rapidly.

7.	(of a horse) a. going or proceeding rapidly at the gait of a gallop. b. taught to proceed at a gallop.

8.	creeping or climbing, as plants: a running vine.

9.	moving or proceeding easily or smoothly.

10.	moving when pulled or hauled, as a rope.

11.	slipping or sliding easily, as a knot or a noose.

12.	operating or functioning, as a machine.

13.	(of measurement) linear; straight-line.

14.	cursive, as handwriting.

15.	flowing, as a stream.

16.	liquid or fluid.

17.	present; current: the running month.

18.	prevalent, as a condition or state: running prices.

19.	going or carried on continuously; sustained: a running commentary.

20.	extending or repeated continuously: a running pattern.

21.	performed with or during a run: a running leap.

22.	discharging pus or other matter: a running sore.

23.	Nautical. noting any of various objects or assemblages of objects that may be moved in ordinary use: running bowsprit; running gaff.

24.	Nautical, Machinery. a. noting any block of a tackle that moves. b. noting the part of the fall of a tackle that moves through the blocks (opposed to standing).

–adverb

25.	in succession; consecutively: He slept badly for three nights running.

—Idioms

26.	in the running, a. participating or entered as a competitor. b. under consideration as a candidate or possible choice: Who is still in the running for the directorship? c. among the winners or those making a good showing.

27.	out of the running, a. not competing in a contest or race. b. not among the winners or runners-up in a contest or race: to finish out of the running.

Rough:
rough adjective, -er, -est, noun, adverb, verb –adjective

1.	having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.

2.	shaggy or coarse: a dog with a rough coat.

3.	(of an uninhabited region or large land area) steep or uneven and covered with high grass, brush, trees, stones, etc.: to hunt over rough country.

4.	acting with or characterized by violence: Boxing is a rough sport.

5.	characterized by unnecessary violence or infractions of the rules: It was a rough prize fight.

6.	violently disturbed or agitated; turbulent, as water or the air: a rough sea.

7.	having a violently irregular motion; uncomfortably or dangerously uneven: The plane had a rough flight in the storm.

8.	stormy or tempestuous, as wind or weather.

9.	sharp or harsh: a rough temper.

10.	unmannerly or rude: his rough and churlish manner; They exchanged rough words.

11.	disorderly or riotous: a rough mob.

12.	difficult or unpleasant: to have a rough time of it.

13.	harsh to the ear; grating or jarring, as sounds.

14.	harsh to the taste; sharp or astringent: a rough wine.

15.	coarse, as food.

16.	lacking culture or refinement: a rough, countrified manner.

17.	without refinements, luxuries, or ordinary comforts or conveniences: rough camping.

18.	requiring exertion or strength rather than intelligence or skill: rough manual labor.

19.	not elaborated, perfected, or corrected; unpolished, as language, verse, or style: a rough draft.

20.	made or done without any attempt at exactness, completeness, or thoroughness; approximate or tentative: a rough guess.

21.	crude, unwrought, nonprocessed, or unprepared: rough rice.

22.	Phonetics. uttered with aspiration; having the sound of h; aspirated.

–noun

23.	something that is rough, esp. rough ground.

24.	Golf. any part of the course bordering the fairway on which the grass, weeds, etc., are not trimmed.

25.	the unpleasant or difficult part of anything.

26.	anything in its crude or preliminary form, as a drawing.

27.	Chiefly British. a rowdy; ruffian.

–adverb

28.	in a rough manner; roughly.

–verb (used with object)

29.	to make rough; roughen.

30.	to give a beating to, manhandle, or subject to physical violence (often fol. by up): The mob roughed up the speaker.

31.	to subject to some rough, preliminary process of working or preparation (often fol. by down, off, or out): to rough off boards.

32.	to sketch roughly or in outline (often fol. by in or out): to rough out a diagram; to rough in the conversation of a novel.

33.	Sports. to subject (a player on the opposing team) to unnecessary physical abuse, as in blocking or tackling: The team was penalized 15 yards for roughing the kicker.

–verb (used without object)

34.	to become rough, as a surface.

35.	to behave roughly.

—Idioms

36.	in the rough, in a rough, crude, or unfinished state: The country has an exciting potential, but civilization there is still in the rough.

37.	rough it, to live without the customary comforts or conveniences; endure rugged conditions: We really roughed it on our fishing trip.

Darkness:
dark·ness noun

1.	the state or quality of being dark: The room was in total darkness.

2.	absence or deficiency of light: the darkness of night.

3.	wickedness or evil: Satan, the prince of darkness.

4.	obscurity; concealment: The darkness of the metaphor destroyed its effectiveness.

5.	lack of knowledge or enlightenment: heathen darkness.

6.	lack of sight; blindness.