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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pierced, perforated, perforate, puncturedadjective

    having a hole cut through

    "pierced ears"; "a perforated eardrum"; "a punctured balloon"

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  1. pierced

    Pierced refers to the act of making a hole or opening in something through cutting or penetrating, often with a pointed instrument or object. It can also refer to the process of getting a body part, like ear or nose, punctured for inserting a piece of jewelry such as an earring or ring. It may also refer to a feeling of intense emotion that deeply affects an individual.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pierced

    of Pierce

  2. Piercedadjective

    penetrated; entered; perforated

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. pierced

    In heraldry, a term used to indicate that a charge is perforated so as to show the field beneath it. The aperture is presumed to be circular, unless some other form, as square-pierced or lozenge-pierced, be specified in the blazon.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pierced in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pierced in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of pierced in a Sentence

  1. Andy Levin:

    As he walked about the Capitol in a rumpled suit, almost always with a plain white shirt and pedestrian tie, carrying bulging files with the occasional paper flying away, Carl was the very picture of sober purpose and rectitude. In truth, he wasn’t unfun, in fact, he often pierced tense situations with self-deprecating humor, and he privately shared incisive observations about others with staff and colleagues.

  2. Rita Rudner:

    Men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought jewelry. Rita Rudner

  3. Katie Holmes:

    I had my nose pierced, you know in the middle, like a bull, at the time, in my early 20s, which people didn’t know, and I would hide it when I was doing my acting jobs. And so I flipped my nose ring down and was like… ‘Should we take this outside?’.

  4. Dianne Feinstein:

    They have apps to communicate on, which can not be pierced even with a court order.

  5. Olga Brouman:

    She who loves roses must be patient and not cry out when she is pierced by thorns.

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