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- Dictionaryimpale/ɪmˈpeɪl/
verb
- 1. transfix or pierce with a sharp instrument: "his head was impaled on a pike and exhibited for all to see"
- 2. display (a coat of arms) side by side with another on the same shield, separated by a vertical line: "the impaled arms of her husband and her father"
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IMPALE definition: 1. to push a sharp object through something, especially the body of an animal or person: 2. to…. Learn more.
The meaning of IMPALE is to pierce with or as if with something pointed; especially : to torture or kill by fixing on a sharp stake.
Impale definition: to fasten, stick, or fix upon a sharpened stake or the like.. See examples of IMPALE used in a sentence.
The verb impale means to pierce an object with a sharp stick. When you're preparing shish kebabs, you impale chunks of marinated vegetables and meat on pointy metal skewers and then cook them on a grill.
IMPALE meaning: 1. to push a sharp object through something, especially the body of an animal or person: 2. to…. Learn more.
Jun 4, 2024 · To impale something on a pointed object means to cause the point to go into it or through it. Researchers observed one bird impale a rodent on a cactus. [ VERB noun + on ]
1. (often foll by: on, upon, or with) to pierce with a sharp instrument: they impaled his severed head on a spear. 2. archaic to enclose with pales or fencing; fence in. 3. (Heraldry) heraldry to charge (a shield) with two coats of arms placed side by side. [C16: from Medieval Latin impālāre, from Latin im- (in) + pālus pale 2]
Definition of impale verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
verb. impaled, impales, impaling. To pierce through with, or fix on, something pointed; transfix. Webster's New World. To make helpless, as if fixed on a stake. Impaled by her glance. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To punish or torture by fixing on a stake.
1. Rare. to surround with or as with a palisade. 2. a. to pierce through with, or fix on, something pointed; transfix. b. to punish or torture by fixing on a stake. 3. to make helpless, as if fixed on a stake. impaled by her glance. 4. Heraldry. to join (two coats of arms) side by side on one shield.
