| pierce | (n) 14th President of the United States (1804-1869), Syn. Franklin Pierce, President Pierce |
| pierce | (v) cut or make a way through, Example: the knife cut through the flesh; The path pierced the jungle; Light pierced through the forest |
| pierce | (v) move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply, Example: The cold pierced her bones; Her words pierced the students |
| pierce | (v) sound sharply or shrilly, Example: The scream pierced the night |
| pierce | (v) penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument, Syn. thrust |
| pierce | (v) make a hole into, Example: The needle pierced her flesh |
| piercingly | (adv) extremely and sharply, Syn. bitingly, bitterly, bitter, Example: it was bitterly cold; bitter cold |
| Pierce | v. t. Can no prayers pierce thee? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pierce | v. i. To enter; to penetrate; to make a way into or through something, as a pointed instrument does; -- used literally and figuratively. [ 1913 Webster ] And pierced to the skin, but bit no more. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ] She would not pierce further into his meaning. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pierceable | a. That may be pierced. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pierced | a. Penetrated; entered; perforated. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Piercel | n. [ Cf. F. perce. ] A kind of gimlet for making vents in casks; -- called also |
| Piercer | n. |
| Piercing | a. Forcibly entering, or adapted to enter, at or by a point; perforating; penetrating; keen; -- used also figuratively; -- |
| Piercing { n } | piercing [Add to Longdo] |
| piercen | sich piercen lassen | to pierce | to get pierced [Add to Longdo] |