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Pierce (Verb)

Meaning 1

Cut or make a way through; "the knife cut through the flesh"; "The path pierced the jungle"; "Light pierced through the forest".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Hypernyms

  • Perforate

Hyponyms

  • Break Up

Meaning 2

Sound sharply or shrilly; "The scream pierced the night".

Classification

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.

Meaning 3

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

Classification

Verbs of feeling.

Hypernyms

  • Impress
  • Strike
  • Move

Meaning 4

Make a hole into; "The needle pierced her flesh".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Hypernyms

  • Perforate

Hyponyms

  • Prick
  • Perforate
  • Bite

Meaning 5

Penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument.

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Synonyms

  • Thrust

Hypernyms

  • Perforate

Hyponyms

  • Impale
  • Spike
  • Empale
  • Tusk
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