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 Definitions of pierce  [ɪərs]  

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Definition of 'pierce' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) pierce
to penetrate (something), as a pointed object does.

2.  pierce
to make a hole or opening in; perforate.

3.  pierce
to make (a hole or opening) by or as if by boring or perforating.

4.  pierce
to force or make a way into or through:
a road that pierces the jungle.

5.  pierce
to penetrate with the eye or mind.

6.  pierce
to affect sharply with some sensation or emotion, as pain.

7.  pierce
to sound sharply through (the air, stillness, etc.), as a cry.

8. (v.i.) pierce
to force or make a way into or through something.

9. (n.) Pierce
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.


Definition of 'pierce' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) Pierce, Franklin Pierce, President Pierce
14th President of the United States (1804-1869)

2. (verb) pierce
cut or make a way through
"the knife cut through the flesh"; "The path pierced the jungle"; "Light pierced through the forest"

3. (verb) pierce
move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply
"The cold pierced her bones"; "Her words pierced the students"

4. (verb) pierce
sound sharply or shrilly
"The scream pierced the night"

5. (verb) pierce, thrust
penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument

6. (verb) pierce
make a hole into
"The needle pierced her flesh"


Definition of 'pierce' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) pierce
to make a hole in
The arrow pierced his heart.

2.  pierce
have/get sth pierced
to make hole in your skin in order to decorate it with jewelry
I got my ears pierced when I was twelve.


Definition of 'pierce' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) pierce
to thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument

2. (verb) pierce
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. (verb) pierce
fig.: To penetrate; to affect deeply; as, to pierce a mystery

4. (verb) pierce
to enter; to penetrate; to make a way into or through something, as a pointed instrument does; -- used literally and figuratively


Translation of 'pierce' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (of pointed objects) to go into or through (something)
The arrow pierced his arm; A sudden light pierced the darkness.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: deurboor Arabic flag Arabic: يَخْتَرِق Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: пронизвам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: furar Czech flag Czech: probodnout German flag German: durchdringen
Danish flag Danish: gennembore Greek flag Greek: τρυπώ, διαπερνώ Spanish flag Spanish: atravesar, traspasar
Estonian flag Estonian: läbistama Farsi flag Farsi: شکافتن؛ نفوذ کردن Finnish flag Finnish: läpäistä
French flag French: percer Hebrew flag Hebrew: לַחֲדוֹר Hindi flag Hindi: घुस जाना
Croatian flag Croatian: probosti Hungarian flag Hungarian: behatol vmibe Indonesian flag Indonesian: menembus
Icelandic flag Icelandic: stinga(st)í (gegnum) Italian flag Italian: trapassare, trafiggere Japanese flag Japanese: 刺し通す
Korean flag Korean: 뚫다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: perdurti, perskrosti Latvian flag Latvian: izdurties; izurbties; izl
Malay flag Malay: menikam Dutch flag Dutch: doorboren Norwegian flag Norwegian: gjennombore, trenge inn i
Polish flag Polish: przebijać Persian flag Persian: شکافتن؛ نفوذ کردن Pashto flag Pashto: سورى كول، برمه كول، ټومبل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: furar Romanian flag Romanian: a străpunge Russian flag Russian: пронзать
Slovak flag Slovak: prebodnúť Slovenian flag Slovenian: predreti Serbian flag Serbian: probiti
Swedish flag Swedish: genomborra Thai flag Thai: ทิ่มแทง Turkish flag Turkish: yarıp içine girmek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 戳入,刺穿 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: протинати, простромлювати Urdu flag Urdu: چھيدنا، گذرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: xuyên thủng Chinese flag Chinese: 戳入,刺穿

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