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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pier•cing /ˈpɪrsɪŋ/USA pronunciation adj. - penetrating, as with the eye or mind:He gazed at her with a piercing look.
causing or bringing about a strong emotion:a piercing memory of their former love.sharp or loud:a piercing scream.(of a wind or the cold) biting:a piercing wind.pier•cing•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pierc•ing (pēr′sing),USA pronunciation adj. - loud or shrill, as the quality of a voice.
- extremely cold or bitter:a piercing wind.
- appearing to gaze deeply or penetratingly into something:piercing eyes.
- perceptive or aware;
acute:a piercing mind. - sarcastic or caustic;
cutting:piercing remarks.
- 1375–1425; late Middle English; see pierce, -ing2
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . grating, strident, screeching.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: piercing /ˈpɪəsɪŋ/ adj - (of a sound) sharp and shrill
- (of eyes or a look) intense and penetrating
- (of cold or wind) intense or biting
n - the art or practice of piercing body parts for the insertion of jewellery
- an instance of the piercing of a body part
ˈpiercingly adv pierce /pɪrs/USA pronunciation v., pierced, pierc•ing. - to penetrate or go through (something), as a pointed object does: [~ + object]The spear pierced his leg and he fell.[no object]An arrow pierced through his arm.
- to make a hole or opening in:[~ + object]She got her ears pierced.
- to make (a hole) by or as if by drilling, etc.:[~ + object]They pierced a hole through the ship's hull.
- to force or make a way into or through:[~ + object]a road that pierces the jungle.
- to sound sharply through (the air, etc.), as a cry:[~ + object]A scream pierced the silence of the night.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pierce (pērs),USA pronunciation v., pierced, pierc•ing. v.t. - to penetrate into or run through (something), as a sharp, pointed dagger, object, or instrument does.
- to make a hole or opening in.
- to bore into or through;
tunnel. - to perforate.
- to make (a hole, opening, etc.) by or as by boring or perforating.
- to make a way or path into or through:a road that pierces the dense jungle.
- to penetrate with the eye or mind;
see into or through:She couldn't pierce his thoughts. - to affect sharply with some sensation or emotion, as of cold, pain, or grief:The wind pierced her body. Her words pierced our hearts.
- to sound sharply through (the air, stillness, etc.):A pistol shot pierced the night.
v.i. - to force or make a way into or through something;
penetrate:to pierce to the heart.
- Vulgar Latin *pertūsiāre, verb, verbal derivative of Latin pertūsus, past participle of pertundere to bore a hole through, perforate, equivalent. to per- per- + tundere to strike, beat
- Old French perc(i)er
- Middle English percen 1250–1300
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged enter, puncture. Pierce, penetrate suggest the action of one object passing through another or making a way through and into another. The terms are used both concretely and figuratively. To pierce is to perforate quickly, as by stabbing; it suggests the use of a sharp, pointed instrument which is impelled by force:to pierce the flesh with a knife; a scream pierces one's ears.Penetrate suggests a slow or difficult movement:No ordinary bullet can penetrate an elephant's hide; to penetrate the depths of one's ignorance.
- 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged touch, move, strike, thrill.
Pierce (pērs),USA pronunciation n. - Biographical Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- Biographical John Robinson, born 1910, U.S. electrical engineer: helped develop communications satellites.
- a male given name, form of Peter.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: pierce /pɪəs/ vb (mainly tr)- to thrust into or penetrate sharply or violently
- to force (a way, route, etc) through (something)
- (of light) to shine through or penetrate (darkness)
- (also intr) to discover or realize (something) suddenly or (of an idea) to become suddenly apparent
- (of sounds or cries) to sound sharply through (the silence)
- to move or affect (a person's emotions, bodily feelings, etc) deeply or sharply
- (intransitive) to penetrate or be capable of penetrating: piercing cold
Etymology: 13th Century percen, from Old French percer, ultimately from Latin pertundere, from per through + tundere to strike |