Overview of noun pierce

The noun pierce has 1 sense

• Pierce, Franklin Pierce, President Pierce -- (14th President of the United States (1804-1869))

Overview of verb pierce

The verb pierce has 5 senses

• pierce -- (cut or make a way through; "the knife cut through the flesh"; "The path pierced the jungle"; "Light pierced through the forest")


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


• pierce -- (sound sharply or shrilly; "The scream pierced the night")


• pierce, thrust -- (penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument)


• pierce -- (make a hole into; "The needle pierced her flesh")