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Pierce

Pierce Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Pierce? [n] 14th President of the United States (1804-1869) [v] make a hole into; "The needle pierced her flesh" [v] penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument [v] cut or make a way through; "the knife cut through the flesh"; "The path pierced the jungle"; "Light pierced through the forest" [v] move or affect (a person's emotions, bodily feelings, etc.) deeply or sharply; "The cold pierced her bones"; "Her words pierced the students" [v] sound sharply or shrilly; "The scream pierced the night" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Pierce: Franklin Pierce \| President Pierce \| thrust Related Terms \| Find terms related to Pierce: abrade \| affect \| afflict \| aggrieve \| agonize \| ail \| anguish \| auger \| barb the dart \| bark \| bayonet \| benumb \| bite \| blemish \| bloody \| bore \| break \| broach \| bruise \| burn \| chafe \| check \| chill \| chip \| claw \| come alive \| come home to \| comprehend \| convulse \| countersink \| crack \| craze \| crucify \| cut \| cut up \| dagger \| descry \| dirk \| discern \| discover \| distress \| drill \| empierce \| excruciate \| fathom \| fester \| fix \| fracture \| fray \| frazzle \| freeze \| fret \| frost \| frostbite \| gain entree \| gall \| gash \| get into \| get through \| give pain \| gnaw \| go deep \| go through \| go through one \| gore \| gouge \| gouge out \| grasp \| grate \| grieve \| grind \| gripe \| harrow \| hole \| honeycomb \| hurt \| hurt the feelings \| impale \| incise \| inflame \| inflict pain \| injure \| interpenetrate \| irritate \| kill by inches \| knife \| lacerate \| lance \| maim \| make an entrance \| make mincemeat of \| make out \| make way into \| martyr \| martyrize \| maul \| melt \| melt the heart \| move \| mutilate \| needle \| nip \| numb \| pain \| pass through \| penetrate \| perceive \| perforate \| pinch \| pink \| plumb \| plunge in \| poke into \| poniard \| prick \| prolong the agony \| punch \| puncture \| put to torture \| rack \| rankle \| rasp \| realize \| ream \| ream out \| refrigerate \| rend \| riddle \| rip \| rouse \| rub \| run \| run into \| run through \| rupture \| saber \| savage \| scald \| scorch \| scotch \| scrape \| scratch \| scuff \| see \| see daylight \| see into \| see the light \| see through \| skewer \| skin \| slash \| slice \| slit \| smart \| soften \| spear \| spike \| spit \| sprain \| stab \| stick \| stiletto \| sting \| stir \| strain \| strike \| sword \| tap \| tear \| torment \| torture \| touch \| touch a chord \| transfix \| transpierce \| traumatize \| trepan \| trephine \| tweak \| twist \| twist the knife \| understand \| wound \| wrench \| wring See Also \| affect \| bite \| break \| break up \| center punch \| Chief Executive \| cut \| empale \| gore \| horn \| impale \| impress \| lance \| move \| peg \| penetrate \| perforate \| pick \| poke \| President \| President of the United States \| prick \| punch \| puncture \| riddle \| sound \| spike \| stick \| sting \| strike \| tap \| transfix \| tusk Pierce In Webster's Dictionary \Pierce\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pierced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Piercing}.] [OE. percen, F. percer, OF. percier, perchier, parchier; perh. fr. (assumed) LL. pertusiare for pertusare, fr. L. pertundere, pertusum, to beat, push, bore through; per through + tundere to beat: cf. OF. pertuisier to pierce, F. pertuis a hole. Cf. {Contuse}, {Parch}, {Pertuse}.] 1. To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument. ``I pierce . . . her tender side.'' --Dryden. 2. 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. 3. Fig.: To penetrate; to affect deeply; as, to pierce a mystery. ``Pierced with grief.'' --Pope. Can no prayers pierce thee? --Shak. \Pierce\, v. i. To enter; to penetrate; to make a way into or through something, as a pointed instrument does; -- used literally and figuratively. And pierced to the skin, but bit no more. --Spenser. She would not pierce further into his meaning. --Sir P. Sidney.

Pierce Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pierce?

[n] 14th President of the United States (1804-1869)
[v] make a hole into; "The needle pierced her flesh"
[v] penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
[v] cut or make a way through; "the knife cut through the flesh"; "The path pierced the jungle"; "Light pierced through the forest"
[v] move or affect (a person's emotions, bodily feelings, etc.) deeply or sharply; "The cold pierced her bones"; "Her words pierced the students"
[v] sound sharply or shrilly; "The scream pierced the night"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pierce: Franklin Pierce | President Pierce | thrust

Pierce In Webster's Dictionary

\Pierce\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pierced}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Piercing}.] [OE. percen, F. percer, OF. percier, perchier,
parchier; perh. fr. (assumed) LL. pertusiare for pertusare,
fr. L. pertundere, pertusum, to beat, push, bore through; per
through + tundere to beat: cf. OF. pertuisier to pierce, F.
pertuis a hole. Cf. {Contuse}, {Parch}, {Pertuse}.]
1. To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed
   instrument. ``I pierce . . . her tender side.'' --Dryden.

2. 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.

3. Fig.: To penetrate; to affect deeply; as, to pierce a
   mystery. ``Pierced with grief.'' --Pope.

         Can no prayers pierce thee?           --Shak.


\Pierce\, v. i.
To enter; to penetrate; to make a way into or through
something, as a pointed instrument does; -- used literally
and figuratively.

      And pierced to the skin, but bit no more. --Spenser.

      She would not pierce further into his meaning. --Sir P.
                                               Sidney.

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