Meaning

1 senses

  1. To make pale.

More definitions
  • pierce with a sharp stake or point

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Rodrigo was empaled on the spear.

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  2. Lorenzo jumped out the window, empaling himself on the fence.

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  3. Edmundo empaled the vampire.

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  4. Santiago found Rima’s empaled body.

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Origin

From em- + pale.

From em- + pale.

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Forms

empales, empaling, empaled, empaled
Base formempale · to empale
3rd person singularempales
Present participleempaling
Past simpleempaled
Past participleempaled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyempale
he, she, itempales

Past simpleLesson

all personsempaled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave empaled
he, she, ithas empaled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill empale

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
emotionB1emotionalB1emotionallyB1empanadaempatheticempathizeempathy

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