Definition of pierces Pierces
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| pierce - 14th President of the United States (1804-1869) | ||
| Franklin Pierce, President Pierce | ||
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| pierce - make a hole into; "The needle pierced her flesh" | ||
| perforate, penetrate come to understand | ||
| cut grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting" | ||
| poke make a hole by poking | ||
| puncture be pierced or punctured; "The tire punctured" | ||
| riddle set a difficult problem or riddle; "riddle me a riddle" | ||
| prickle, prick make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn; "The nurse pricked my finger to get a small blood sample" | ||
| bite penetrate or cut, as with a knife; "The fork bit into the surface" | ||
| perforate, punch deliver a quick blow to; "he punched me in the stomach" | ||
| bite, sting, prick penetrate or cut, as with a knife; "The fork bit into the surface" | ||
| tap strike lightly; "He tapped me on the shoulder" | ||
| pierce - penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument | ||
| thrust | ||
| perforate, penetrate come to understand | ||
| stick saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill" | ||
| stick saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill" | ||
| peg stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations; "The weak currency was pegged to the US Dollar" | ||
| center punch make a small hole in something as a guide for a drill | ||
| empale, impale, transfix, spike kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole; "the enemies were impaled and left to die" | ||
| horn, tusk stab or pierce with a horn or tusk; "the rhino horned the explorer" | ||
| gore wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument | ||
| lance open by piercing with a lancet; "lance a boil" | ||
| pierce - cut or make a way through; "the knife cut through the flesh"; "The path pierced the jungle"; "Light pierced through the forest" | ||
| perforate, penetrate come to understand | ||
| pick, break up remove in small bits; "pick meat from a bone" | ||
| pierce - move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply; "The cold pierced her bones"; "Her words pierced the students" | ||
| affect, impress, move, strike act physically on; have an effect upon; "the medicine affects my heart rate" | ||
| pierce - sound sharply or shrilly; "The scream pierced the night" | ||
| sound appear in a certain way; "This sounds interesting" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- pierce (v. t.)
To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument. - pierce (v. t.)
To penetrate; to enter; to force a way into or through; to pass into or through; as, to pierce the enemy's line; a shot pierced the ship. - pierce (v. t.)
Fig.: To penetrate; to affect deeply; as, to pierce a mystery. - pierce (v. i.)
To enter; to penetrate; to make a way into or through something, as a pointed instrument does; -- used literally and figuratively.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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pierce
to puncture; to break through
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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pierce
pērs, v.t. to thrust or make a hole through: to enter, or force a way into: to touch or move deeply: to dive into, as a secret.—v.i. to penetrate.—adj. Pierce′able, capable of being pierced.—n. Pierc′er, one who, or that which, pierces: any sharp instrument used for piercing: a stiletto.—adj. Pierc′ing.—adv. Pierc′ingly.—n. Pierc′ingness. [O. Fr. percer, prob. pertuisier—pertuis, a hole—L. pertundĕre, pertusum, to thrust through.]
Part of speech
🔤- pierce, verb, present, 1st person singular of pierce (infinitive).
- pierce, verb (infinitive).
