Definition of pierce

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Pierce (v. t.) Fig.: To penetrate; to affect deeply; as, to pierce a mystery..

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Bestick :: Bestick (v. t.) To stick over, as with sharp points pressed in; to mark by infixing points or spots here and there; to pierce..
Thurl :: Thurl (v. t.) To cut through; to pierce.
Impenetrable :: Impenetrable (a.) Incapable of being penetrated or pierced; not admitting the passage of other bodies; not to be entered; impervious; as, an impenetrable shield..
Pierce :: Pierce (v. t.) To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument..
Puncture :: Puncture (v. t.) To pierce with a small, pointed instrument, or the like; to prick; to make a puncture in; as, to puncture the skin..
Wimble :: Wimble (v. t.) To bore or pierce, as with a wimble..
Stick :: Stick (n.) To cause to penetrate; to push, thrust, or drive, so as to pierce; as, to stick a needle into one's finger..
Pierce :: Pierce (v. i.) To enter; to penetrate; to make a way into or through something, as a pointed instrument does; -- used literally and figuratively..
Stake-driver :: Stake (v. t.) To pierce or wound with a stake.
Transfixion :: Transfixion (n.) The act of transfixing, or the state of being transfixed, or pierced..
Lancinating :: Lancinating (a.) Piercing; seeming to pierce or stab; as, lancinating pains (i.e., severe, darting pains)..
Perce :: Perce (v. t.) To pierce.
Enter :: Enter (v. t.) To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to pierce; as, to enter a house, a closet, a country, a door, etc.; the river enters the sea..
Piercel :: Piercel (n.) A kind of gimlet for making vents in casks; -- called also piercer.
Snakehead :: Snakehead (n.) A loose, bent-up end of one of the strap rails, or flat rails, formerly used on American railroads. It was sometimes so bent by the passage of a train as to slip over a wheel and pierce the bottom of a car..
Cribriform :: Cribriform (a.) Resembling, or having the form of, a sieve; pierced with holes; as, the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone; a cribriform compress..
Tap :: Tap (v. t.) To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a cask, a tree, a tumor, etc..
Dart :: Dart (n.) Anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or wounds like a dart.
Lance :: Lance (v. t.) To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess..
Poniard :: Poniard (v. t.) To pierce with a poniard; to stab.
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