pierce

v., pierced, pierc·ing, pierc·es.

v.tr.

1. To cut or pass through with or as if with a sharp instrument; stab or penetrate.
2. To make a hole or opening in; perforate.
3. To make a way through: The path pierced the wilderness.
4. To sound sharply through: His shout pierced the din.
5. To succeed in penetrating (something) with the eyes or the intellect: Large glowing yellow eyes pierced the darkness.

v.intr.
To penetrate into or through something: The rocket pierced through space.

[Middle English percen, from Old French percer, probably from Vulgar Latin *pertūsiāre, from Latin pertūsus, past participle of pertundere, to bore through : per-, per- + tundere, to beat.]

piercer pierc'er n.
piercing pierc'ing adj.
piercingly pierc'ing·ly adv.

verb

1. To penetrate with a sharp edge: cut, gash, incise, slash, slit. See enter/exit, help/harm/harmless.
2. To make a hole or other opening in: breach, break (through), gap, hole, perforate, puncture. See open/close.
3. To pass into or through by overcoming resistance: break (through), enter, penetrate, perforate, puncture. See enter/exit.

v

Definition: cut, penetrate
Antonyms: sew up

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IN BRIEF: To pass into or through; penetrate.

He that respects himself is safe from others; He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - gennembore, perforere
v. intr. - bore

Nederlands (Dutch)
doorboren, doorsteken, doorbreken, gaatjes in oorlel maken, doordringen, roeren (emotioneel), begrijpen

Français (French)
v. tr. - (lit) percer, (lit) transpercer, (fig) percer (la lumière), transpercer (le froid), (Mil) pénétrer (les lignes ennemies)
v. intr. - percer, transpercer, pénétrer, se frayer (un chemin)

Deutsch (German)
v. - durchbohren, durchstechen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (δια)τρυπώ, διαπερνώ, διεισδύω, εισχωρώ (βίαια), (ξε)σχίζω

Italiano (Italian)
traforare, pungere, bucare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - perfurar, penetrar

Русский (Russian)
проткнуть, проколоть

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - perforar, horadar, pinchar, punzar
v. intr. - hacer perforaciones

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - genomborra, sticka hål på, tränga in/igenom

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
刺穿, 洞悉, 穿透, 穿入, 透入, 进入

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 刺穿, 洞悉, 穿透
v. intr. - 穿入, 透入, 進入

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - (구멍을) 뚫다, ...을 돌파하다
v. intr. - 꽂히다, 뚫고 들어가다, 간파하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 突き刺す, 貫く, 身にしみる, 差し込む, 破る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يخترق, يطعن بسكين أو سيف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮דקר, ניקב‬
v. intr. - ‮חדר‬

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