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Meaning of 'pierce' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Pierce [ v. i.]
- To enter; to penetrate; to make a way into or through something, as a pointed instrument does; -- used literally and figuratively.
2 . Pierce [ v. t.]
- To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument.
- 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.
- Fig.: To penetrate; to affect deeply; as, to pierce a mystery.

Meaning of 'pierce' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . pierce [ v]
Meaning (1):
- move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply
Example in sentence:
  • Her words pierced the students;
  • The cold pierced her bones
Meaning (2):
- cut or make a way through
Example in sentence:
  • Light pierced through the forest;
  • the knife cut through the flesh;
  • The path pierced the jungle
Meaning (3):
- make a hole into
Example in sentence:
  • The needle pierced her flesh
Meaning (4):
- sound sharply or shrilly
Example in sentence:
  • The scream pierced the night

Nearby Words:

pie piebald piece pieced pieceless piecely piecemeal piecemealed piecener piecer

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