transfix, impale, empale, spike
(verb) pierce with a sharp stake or point; “impale a shrimp on a skewer”
fascinate, transfix, grip, spellbind
(verb) to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe; “The snake charmer fascinates the cobra”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
transfix (third-person singular simple present transfixes, present participle transfixing, simple past and past participle transfixed)
(transitive) To render motionless, by arousing terror, amazement or awe.
(transitive) To pierce with a sharp pointed weapon.
(transitive) To fix or impale.
transfix (plural transfixes)
(linguistics) A discontinuous affix, which occurs at more than one position in a word, typical of Semitic languages.
Source: Wiktionary
Trans*fix", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transfixed; p. pr. & vb. n. Transfixing.] Etym: [L. transfixus, p. p. of transfigure to transfix; trans across, through + figere to fix, fasten. See Fix.]
Definition: To pierce through, as with a pointed weapon; to impale; as, to transfix one with a dart.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 July 2025
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
