pierce
5 definitions found
pierce - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Pierce \Pierce\, v. i.
To enter; to penetrate; to make a way into or through
something, as a pointed instrument does; -- used literally
and figuratively.
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And pierced to the skin, but bit no more. --Spenser.
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She would not pierce further into his meaning. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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Pierce \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.
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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.
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3. Fig.: To penetrate; to affect deeply; as, to pierce a
mystery. "Pierced with grief." --Pope.
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Can no prayers pierce thee? --Shak.
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pierce - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :
Pierce
n 1: 14th President of the United States (1804-1869) [syn:
Pierce, Franklin Pierce, President Pierce]
v 1: cut or make a way through; "the knife cut through the
flesh"; "The path pierced the jungle"; "Light pierced
through the forest"
2: move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings)
deeply or sharply; "The cold pierced her bones"; "Her words
pierced the students"
3: sound sharply or shrilly; "The scream pierced the night"
4: penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument [syn:
pierce, thrust]
5: make a hole into; "The needle pierced her flesh"
pierce - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :
Pierce, CO (town, FIPS 59005)
Location: 40.63286 N, 104.75464 W
Population (1990): 823 (287 housing units)
Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 80650
Pierce, ID (city, FIPS 62740)
Location: 46.49266 N, 115.79849 W
Population (1990): 746 (323 housing units)
Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 83546
Pierce, NE (city, FIPS 39100)
Location: 42.19947 N, 97.52772 W
Population (1990): 1615 (662 housing units)
Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 68767
pierce - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
185 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
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