ENGLISH: pierce - CREOLE: pèse



Overview of noun pierce



The noun pierce has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)



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



Overview of verb pierce



The verb pierce has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



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

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

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

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

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

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