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aufspießen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • gore noun Blood, especially clotted or thickened blood from a wound, or graphic depictions of violence.
  • impale verb To pierce something through with a long, pointed object.
  • prong noun One of the thin, pointed parts that stick out from something like a fork or an antler.
  • skewer noun A thin metal or wooden rod used to hold pieces of food together while cooking.
  • spit noun A thin rod used to skewer and rotate meat while it cooks over a fire.
  • transfix verb To make someone freeze completely still, through fear, wonder, or awe.

Senses

aufspießen is used for these senses in English:

  • gore (transitive, of an animal) To pierce with a horn or tusk.
  • impale (transitive) To pierce (something) with any long, pointed object.
  • prong To pierce or poke with, or as if with, a prong.
  • skewer To impale on a skewer.
  • spit (transitive) To use a spit to cook; to attend to food that is cooking on a spit.
  • transfix (transitive) To fix or impale.

gore — full definition

  1. noun Blood, especially clotted or thickened blood from a wound, or graphic depictions of violence.
  2. verb To wound someone by piercing them with a horn or tusk.
  3. noun A triangular piece of fabric or land, such as a panel sewn into a skirt or sail to add width.

impale — full definition

  1. verb To pierce something through with a long, pointed object.
  2. verb Historically, to kill someone by driving a stake through their body.
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