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PAL

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Irregular inflected forms: palled    , palling   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities

Synonyms:

brother; buddy; chum; crony; pal; sidekick

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("pal" is a kind of...):

friend (a person you know well and regard with affection and trust)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pal"):

cobber (Australian term for a pal)

Derivation:

pal (become friends; act friendly towards)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become friends; act friendly towards

Synonyms:

chum up; pal; pal up

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

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

befriend (become friends with)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

pal (a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities)

Credits

 Context examples: 

I had rather that Nancy and my old pals should think of Harry Wood as having died with a straight back, than see him living and crawling with a stick like a chimpanzee.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

All round this they had cleared a wide space, and then the thing was completed by a paling six feet high, without door or opening, too strong to pull down without time and labour and too open to shelter the besiegers.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Many a time has Selina said, when she has been going to Bristol, 'I really cannot get this girl to move from the house. I absolutely must go in by myself, though I hate being stuck up in the barouche-landau without a companion; but Augusta, I believe, with her own good-will, would never stir beyond the park paling.'

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

“I fancy that my pal is all right, though I see you have got his coat-tails.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

During the study, genetic screening revealed the identity of pals-22, a gene used by roundworms to regulate IPR pathway gene expression.

(New Pathway for Handling Stress Discovered, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The cheek was lovely but it was paled with emotion, the eyes were bright but it was the brightness of fever, the sensitive mouth was tight and drawn in an effort after self-command.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Martin's face, flushed at first, paled as he read on.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

As the circumstances of my fall came back into my confused brain, I looked up in terror, expecting to see that dreadful head silhouetted against the paling sky.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“You’ll see your pal again presently,” said Jones.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You can bleat about the girl to your heart’s content, for that’s your own affair, but if you round on your pals to this plain-clothes copper, it will be the worst day’s work that ever you did.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)