pierce

(verb)

verb

1. cut or make a way through

- The path pierced the jungle

- Light pierced through the forest

Definition categories: contact, penetrate, perforate

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

- The cold pierced her bones

- Her words pierced the students

Definition categories: emotion, affect, impress, move, strike

3. sound sharply or shrilly

- The scream pierced the night

Definition categories: perception, sound

4. penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument

Similar word(s): thrust

Definition categories: contact, penetrate, perforate

5. make a hole into

- The needle pierced her flesh

Definition categories: contact, penetrate, perforate

Sentences with pierce as a verb:

- The diver pierced the surface of the water with scarcely a splash.

- to pierce the enemy's line; a shot pierced the ship

- Can you believe he pierced his tongue?

- A scream pierced the darkness.

- to pierce a mystery