pierce

pierce is a 6-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument.
2. transitive verb. 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.
3. transitive verb. Fig.: To penetrate; to affect deeply; as, to pierce a mystery.
4. intransitive verb. To enter; to penetrate; to make a way into or through something, as a pointed instrument does; -- used literally and figuratively.
5. noun. 14th President of the United States (1804-1869)
6. verb. make a hole into

   "The needle pierced her flesh"

7. verb. penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument

   Synonyms: thrust

8. verb. cut or make a way through

   "the knife cut through the flesh"

   "The path pierced the jungle"

9. verb. move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply

   "The cold pierced her bones"

   "Her words pierced the students"

10. verb. sound sharply or shrilly

    "The scream pierced the night"

Synonyms

thrust

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in pierce:

peirce, piecer, recipe

Common word forms

pierced, piercer, pierces, piercing, pierceable, pierceless

Words from these letters

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