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EMPALE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does empale mean? 

EMPALE (verb)
  The verb EMPALE has 1 sense:

1. pierce with a sharp stake or pointplay

  Familiarity information: EMPALE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EMPALE (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Pierce with a sharp stake or point

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

empale; impale; spike; transfix

Context example:

impale a shrimp on a skewer

Hypernyms (to "empale" is one way to...):

pierce; thrust (penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "empale"):

pin (pierce with a pin)

spear (pierce with a spear)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something


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