English dictionary

Pierce

/p/i//@/s/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

cut or make a way through

verb.contact

Examples
The path pierced the jungle.

Light pierced through the forest.

Source: WordNet 3.0
move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply

verb.emotion

Examples
The cold pierced her bones.

Her words pierced the students.

Source: WordNet 3.0
sound sharply or shrilly

verb.perception

Examples
The scream pierced the night.

Source: WordNet 3.0
penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument

verb.contact

Synonyms thrust

Source: WordNet 3.0
make a hole into

verb.contact

Examples
The needle pierced her flesh.

Source: WordNet 3.0
To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument.

verb

Source: webster1913
To enter; to penetrate; to make a way into or through something, as a pointed instrument does; -- used literally and figuratively.

verb

Source: webster1913