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- DictionaryIm·pale/imˈpāl/
verb
- 1. pierce or transfix 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"
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.
1. to pierce or fix with something pointed. 2. to pierce with a sharpened stake thrust up through the body. 3. to make helpless as if pierced through. 4. to combine (coats of arms) on a shield with a pale dividing vertically. [1545–55; < Medieval Latin impālāre] im•pal′er, n. im•pale′ment, n.
IMPALE definition: 1. to push a sharp object through something, especially the body of an animal or person: 2. to…. Learn 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.
impale something (on something) to push a sharp pointed object through something synonym spear. She impaled a lump of meat on her fork.
IMPALE meaning: 1. to push a sharp object through something, especially the body of an animal or person: 2. to…. Learn more.
5 days ago · To impale something on a pointed object means to cause the point to go into it or through it.
To impale something on a pointed object means to cause the point to go into it or through it. [...]
