vverb.contactcut or make a way throughExamples:- the knife cut through the flesh
- The path pierced the jungle
- Light pierced through the forest
Hypernyms:penetrate perforate
Inherited Hypernyms:piercepenetrateenter
Direct Hyponyms:break uppick
Full Troponyms:pick
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.emotionmove or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharplyExamples:- The cold pierced her bones
- Her words pierced the students
Hypernyms:affect impress move strike
Inherited Hypernyms:pierceaffect
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody
vverb.perceptionsound sharply or shrillyExamples:- The scream pierced the night
Hypernyms:sound
Inherited Hypernyms:piercesound
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something
vverb.contactpenetrate or cut through with a sharp instrumentSynset:pierce thrust
Derivationally Related Form:thrust
Hypernyms:penetrate perforate
Inherited Hypernyms:piercepenetrateenter
Direct Hyponyms:center punchempalegorehornimpalelancepegspikesticktransfixtusk
Full Troponyms:center punchgorehornlancepegpinskewerspearsticktransfix
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something
vverb.contactmake a hole intoExamples:- The needle pierced her flesh
Hypernyms:penetrate perforate
Inherited Hypernyms:piercepenetrateenter
Direct Hyponyms:biteperforatepokeprickpricklepunchpunctureriddlestingtap
Entailment:cut
Full Troponyms:biteneedlepokepricklepunchpunctureriddlescarifystingtap
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
adj satadj.allhaving or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctionsSynset:acute discriminating incisive keen knifelike penetrating penetrative sharp
Examples:- 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
Antonyms:unperceptive
Derivationally Related Form:acutenessincisivenesspenetratekeennesssharpness
Inherited Hypernyms:acute
Similar to:perceptive
adj satadj.allpainful as if caused by a sharp instrumentSynset:cutting keen knifelike lancinate lancinating stabbing
Examples:- a cutting wind
- keen winds
- knifelike cold
- piercing knifelike pains
- piercing cold
- piercing criticism
- a stabbing pain
- lancinating pain
Antonyms:dull
Inherited Hypernyms:cutting
Similar to:sharp