PIERCE meaning: Penetrate or perforate with sharp object

We found 38 dictionaries that define the word pierce:

General (27 matching dictionaries)

pierce: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Pierce, pierce: Merriam-Webster
pierce: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
pierce: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
pierce: Collins English Dictionary
Pierce, pierce: Vocabulary.com
Pierce, pierce: Wordnik
pierce: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Pierce, pierce: Wiktionary
pierce: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
pierce: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
pierce: Infoplease Dictionary
pierce: Dictionary.com
pierce: Online Etymology Dictionary
pierce: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Pierce (surname), Pierce: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Pierce: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
pierce: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
Pierce: Rhymezone
pierce: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
pierce: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
pierce: FreeDictionary.org
pierce: Mnemonic Dictionary
Pierce: TheFreeDictionary.com
pierce: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (2 matching dictionaries)

Body Piercing Glossary (No longer online)
Body Piercing Glossary (No longer online)

Business (3 matching dictionaries)

pierce: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
pierce: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

Pierce: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)

baby names list (No longer online)
pierce: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

pierce: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)

Stained Glass Windows (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ verb:  (transitive) To puncture; to break through.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To create a hole in the skin for the purpose of inserting jewelry.
▸ verb:  (transitive) to break or interrupt abruptly
▸ verb:  (transitive, figurative) To get to the heart or crux of (a matter).
▸ verb:  (transitive, figurative) To penetrate; to affect deeply.
▸ noun:  (Japan) A pierced earring.
▸ noun:  A male given name from Ancient Greek, medieval variant of Piers. Modern usage may also derive from the surname.
▸ noun:  A surname originating as a patronymic.
▸ noun:  A city, the county seat of Pierce County, Nebraska, United States.

Similar:

thrust, Franklin Pierce, puncture, perse, pritch, thirl, broach, rupture, punch, pounce, more...

Opposite:

shield, block, protect, repel, deflect

Types:

nostril, earlobe, navel, eyebrow, lip, more...

Phrases:

Franklin Pierce, pierce butler, Fort Pierce, president pierce, Pierce County, more...

Adjectives:

old, costa, late, young, former, poor, tacoma, griffin, democratic, american, little

Colors:

crimson, scarlet, ruby, garnet, vermilion, more...