pierce
Plural: pierces
Noun
- 14th President of the United States (1804-1869)
- A pierced earring.
Verb
Verb Forms: pierced, piercing, pierces
- To make a hole in or through; to penetrate.
- cut or make a way through
- "The path pierced the jungle"
- "Light pierced through the forest"
- move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply
- "The cold pierced her bones"
- "Her words pierced the students"
- sound sharply or shrilly
- "The scream pierced the night"
- penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
- make a hole into
- "The needle pierced her flesh"
- To puncture; to break through.
- To create a hole in the skin for the purpose of inserting jewelry.
- to break or interrupt abruptly
- To get to the heart or crux of (a matter).
- To penetrate; to affect deeply.
Examples
- A scream pierced the silence.
- Can you believe he pierced his tongue?
- His precise play managed to PIERCE through his opponent’s defensive block.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English perce, from conjugated forms of Old French percier such as (jeo) pierce (“I pierce”), probably from Vulgar Latin *pertūsiō, from Latin pertūsus, past participle of pertundō (“thrust or bore through”), from per- (“through”) + tundō (“beat, pound”). Displaced native Old English þȳrlian (literally “to hole”).
Synonyms
Franklin Pierce, President Pierce, thrust
Scrabble Score: 10
pierce: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordpierce: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pierce: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary