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adjective
1.
punctured or perforated, as to form a decorative design: a pendant in pierced copper.
2.
(of the ear) having the lobe punctured, as for earrings.
3.
(of an earring) made to be attached, as by a post or wire, through the hole in a pierced ear lobe.
4.
Heraldry. (of a charge) open at the center to reveal the field: a lozenge pierced.
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Pierced
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verb (used with object)
1.
to penetrate into or run through (something), as a sharp, pointed dagger, object, or instrument does.
2.
to make a hole or opening in.
3.
to bore into or through; tunnel.
4.
to perforate.
5.
EXPANDto make (a hole, opening, etc.) by or as by boring or perforating.
6.
to make a way or path into or through: a road that pierces the dense jungle.
7.
to penetrate with the eye or mind; see into or through: She couldn't pierce his thoughts.
8.
to affect sharply with some sensation or emotion, as of cold, pain, or grief: The wind pierced her body. Her words pierced our hearts.
9.
COLLAPSEto sound sharply through (the air, stillness, etc.): A pistol shot pierced the night.
verb (used without object)
10.
to force or make a way into or through something; penetrate: to pierce to the heart.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English percen < Old French perc(i)er < Vulgar Latin *pertūsiāre, verbal derivative of Latin pertūsus, past participle of pertundere to bore a hole through, perforate, equivalent to per- per- + tundere to strike, beat
1250–1300; Middle English percen < Old French perc(i)er < Vulgar Latin *pertūsiāre, verbal derivative of Latin pertūsus, past participle of pertundere to bore a hole through, perforate, equivalent to per- per- + tundere to strike, beat
Related forms
pierce·a·ble, adjective
pierc·er, noun
un·pierce·a·ble, adjective
Synonyms
1. enter, puncture. Pierce, penetrate suggest the action of one object passing through another or making a way through and into another. The terms are used both concretely and figuratively. To pierce is to perforate quickly, as by stabbing; it suggests the use of a sharp, pointed instrument which is impelled by force: to pierce the flesh with a knife; a scream pierces one's ears. Penetrate suggests a slow or difficult movement: No ordinary bullet can penetrate an elephant's hide; to penetrate the depths of one's ignorance. 8. touch, move, strike, thrill.
1. enter, puncture. Pierce, penetrate suggest the action of one object passing through another or making a way through and into another. The terms are used both concretely and figuratively. To pierce is to perforate quickly, as by stabbing; it suggests the use of a sharp, pointed instrument which is impelled by force: to pierce the flesh with a knife; a scream pierces one's ears. Penetrate suggests a slow or difficult movement: No ordinary bullet can penetrate an elephant's hide; to penetrate the depths of one's ignorance. 8. touch, move, strike, thrill.
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Word Origin & History
pierce
c.1300, from Anglo-Fr. perser, O.Fr. percier (11c.), probably from V.L. *pertusiare, freq. of L. pertusus, pp. of pertundere "to thrust or bore through," from per- "through" + tundere "to beat, pound," from PIE base *(s)tud- "to beat, strike, push, thrust" (see obtuse). Piercing
EXPANDin ref. to cold, sound, etc. is recorded from early 15c.
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