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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 14th President of the United States (1804-1869);
[syn: Pierce, Franklin Pierce, President Pierce]


VERB (5)

1. cut or make a way through;
- Example: "the knife cut through the flesh"
- Example: "The path pierced the jungle"
- Example: "Light pierced through the forest"

2. move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply;
- Example: "The cold pierced her bones"
- Example: "Her words pierced the students"

3. sound sharply or shrilly;
- Example: "The scream pierced the night"

4. penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument;
[syn: pierce, thrust]

5. make a hole into;
- Example: "The needle pierced her flesh"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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         And pierced to the skin, but bit no more. --Spenser.
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         She would not pierce further into his meaning. --Sir P.
                                                  Sidney.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pierce \Pierce\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pierced; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Piercing.] [OE. percen, F. percer, OF. percier, perchier,
   parchier; perh. fr. (assumed) LL. pertusiare for pertusare,
   fr. L. pertundere, pertusum, to beat, push, bore through; per
   through + tundere to beat: cf. OF. pertuisier to pierce, F.
   pertuis a hole. Cf. Contuse, Parch, Pertuse.]
   1. To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed
      instrument. "I pierce . . . her tender side." --Dryden.
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   2. To penetrate; to enter; to force a way into or through; to
      pass into or through; as, to pierce the enemy's line; a
      shot pierced the ship.
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   3. Fig.: To penetrate; to affect deeply; as, to pierce a
      mystery. "Pierced with grief." --Pope.
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            Can no prayers pierce thee?           --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Pierce
    n 1: 14th President of the United States (1804-1869) [syn:
         Pierce, Franklin Pierce, President Pierce]
    v 1: cut or make a way through; "the knife cut through the
         flesh"; "The path pierced the jungle"; "Light pierced
         through the forest"
    2: move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings)
       deeply or sharply; "The cold pierced her bones"; "Her words
       pierced the students"
    3: sound sharply or shrilly; "The scream pierced the night"
    4: penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument [syn:
       pierce, thrust]
    5: make a hole into; "The needle pierced her flesh"