Definition of pierce

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Pierce (v. t.) 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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Perforate :: Perforate (v.) To bore through; to pierce through with a pointed instrument; to make a hole or holes through by boring or piercing; to pierce or penetrate the surface of.
Lancinating :: Lancinating (a.) Piercing; seeming to pierce or stab; as, lancinating pains (i.e., severe, darting pains)..
Wimble :: Wimble (v. t.) To bore or pierce, as with a wimble..
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..
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..
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..
Ear-piercer :: Ear-piercer (n.) The earwig.
Beak :: Beak (n.) A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, in order to pierce the vessel of an enemy; a beakhead..
Enpierce :: Enpierce (v. t.) To pierce.
Indart :: Indart (v. t.) To pierce, as with a dart..
Antefix :: Antefix (n.) An ornament of the cymatium of a classic cornice, sometimes pierced for the escape of water..
Paunch :: Paunch (v. t.) To pierce or rip the belly of; to eviscerate; to disembowel.
Cut :: Cut (v. t.) To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce; to lacerate; as, sarcasm cuts to the quick..
Spitted :: Spitted (a.) Put upon a spit; pierced as if by a spit.
Leader :: Leader (n.) A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places.
Gimlet :: Gimlet (v. t.) To pierce or make with a gimlet.
Pounce :: Pounce (v. t.) To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons..
Transpierce :: Transpierce (v. t.) To pierce through; to penetrate; to permeate; to pass through.
Pink :: Pink (v. t.) To pierce with small holes; to cut the edge of, as cloth or paper, in small scallops or angles..
Tunicata :: Tunicata (n. pl.) A grand division of the animal kingdom, intermediate, in some respects, between the invertebrates and vertebrates, and by some writers united with the latter. They were formerly classed with acephalous mollusks. The body is usually covered with a firm external tunic, consisting in part of cellulose, and having two openings, one for the entrance and one for the exit of water. The pharynx is usually dilated in the form of a sac, pierced by several series of ciliated slits, and se
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