1. pierce - verb
· cut or make a way through; "the knife cut through the flesh"; "The path pierced the jungle"; "Light pierced through the forest"
Hypernym(s): penetrate, perforate
2. pierce - verb
· move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply; "The cold pierced her bones"; "Her words pierced the students"
Hypernym(s): affect, impress, move, strike
3. pierce - verb
· sound sharply or shrilly; "The scream pierced the night"
Hypernym(s): sound
4. pierce - verb
· penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
Synonym(s): thrust
Hypernym(s): penetrate, perforate
5. pierce - verb
· make a hole into; "The needle pierced her flesh"
Hypernym(s): penetrate, perforate
6. piercing - adjective
· having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations"
Synonym(s): acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, sharp
7. piercing - adjective
· painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain"
Synonym(s): cutting, keen, knifelike, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating
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