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impale

UK/ɪmˈpeɪl/

impale verb: to pierce (something) with any long, pointed object.

Verb

impale (third-person singular simple present impales, present participle impaling, simple past and past participle impaled)

  1. (transitive) To pierce (something) with any long, pointed object.
  2. (transitive) To place two coats of arms side by side on the same shield (often those of two spouses upon marriage).
  3. (ambitransitive) To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake.
  4. (ambitransitive) To enclose or fence with stakes.
    • [T]he Tovvne is impailed about halfe a mile compaſſe.1624, John Smith, “The Present Estate of Nevv-Plimoth”, in Iohn [i.e., John] Smith, The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles: […], London: […] I[ohn] D[awson] and I[ohn]...
    Synonyms:
    pale, palisade, picket

impale meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

impale in Urdu

to impale
احاطہ بندی کرنا ehātah baṉdi karnā, دار پر کھینچنا dār par khaiṉcnā

impale in Bengali

শূলে চড়ানো, বিদ্ধ করা

impale in Malayalam

stick, skewer, spear
ശൂലത്തിലേറ്റുക, ശൂലം തറയ്ക്കുക, തുളയ്ക്കുക, കുറ്റിയിൽ ഉറപ്പിക്കുക, ശൂലത്തിൽ ഏറ്റി കൊല്ലുക, കുന്തംകൊണ്ടുകുത്തുക

impale in Kannada

ಕುತ್ತಿರಿಸು, ಪಂಜೆಯಾಗಿಸು

Synonyms of impale

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Forms of impale

third-person singular presentimpales
present participleimpaling
past participleimpaled
pastimpaled
alternative formempale

Past tense of impale: impaled

Origin of impale

From Middle French, from Medieval Latin impālāre, from Latin palus, whence also pale.

Words formed from impale

Words that rhyme with impale

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Questions about impale

What does impale mean?
Impale means to pierce (something) with any long, pointed object.
What is impale in Urdu?
Impale in Urdu is احاطہ بندی کرنا (ehātah baṉdi karnā), دار پر کھینچنا (dār par khaiṉcnā). See Impale meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is impale?
Impale is a verb.
How do you pronounce impale?
Impale is pronounced /ɪmˈpeɪl/ (UK).
What is the past tense of impale?
The past tense of impale is impaled.

Words near impale in the dictionary

  1. impalaces
  2. impalacing
  3. impalas
  4. impalatable
  5. impalation
  6. impale
  7. impaled
  8. impalefection
  9. impalement
  10. impalements
  11. impaler

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Adapted from Wiktionary: impale (page history and authors); احاطہ بندی کرنا (Urdu) (page history and authors); Impale (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); impale (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); impale (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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