Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive verb
To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument.
- 2transitive 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.
- 3transitive verb
Fig.: To penetrate; to affect deeply; as, to pierce a mystery.
- 4intransitive verb
To enter; to penetrate; to make a way into or through something, as a pointed instrument does; -- used literally and figuratively.
- 5noun
14th President of the United States (1804-1869)
- 6verb
make a hole into
"The needle pierced her flesh"
- 7verb
penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
Synonyms
- 8verb
cut or make a way through
"the knife cut through the flesh"
"The path pierced the jungle"
- 9verb
move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply
"The cold pierced her bones"
"Her words pierced the students"
- 10verb
sound sharply or shrilly
"The scream pierced the night"
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