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pierce
/pɪɹs/
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What does pierce mean?
verb
- To puncture; to break through.
- To create a hole in the skin for the purpose of inserting jewelry.
- to break or interrupt abruptly
More meanings (15)
verb
- (figuratively) To get to the heart or crux of (a matter).
- (figuratively) To penetrate; to affect deeply.
noun
- A piercing.
- A pierced earring.
proper noun
- A male given name from Ancient Greek, medieval variant of Piers. Modern usage may also derive from the surname.
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
- A town in Weld County, Colorado.
- A minor city in Clearwater County, Idaho.
- An unincorporated community in Wilton Township, Will County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Green County, Kentucky.
- A city, the county seat of Pierce County, Nebraska.
- An unincorporated community in Wharton County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community and coal town in Tucker County, West Virginia.
- A town in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.
- A number of townships, listed under Pierce Township.
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IPA pronunciation
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While the travelers were trying to pierce the profound darkness, a brilliant cluster of shooting stars burst upon their eyes.
He is able to pierce a corslet with his eye, talks like a knell, and his hum is a battery.
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If the sun pierce the mist, the whole lights up with iridescent fires and becomes a resplendent cluster of diamonds.
When air seemed to go upwards and fire to pierce through air—when water and earth fell downward, they were seeking their native elements.
In a similar manner they pierce the lips and cheeks with long pins and bore the tongue with a hot iron.