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Pierce / pierce > 6 senses
NOUN	1	Pierce, Franklin Pierce, President Pierce	14th President of the United States (1804-1869)
VERB	1	pierce	Cut or make a way through
	2	pierce	Move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply
	3	pierce	Sound sharply or shrilly
	4	pierce, thrust	Penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
	5	pierce	Make a hole into

Pierce / pierce > pronunciation
Sounds	pih'rs
Rhymes	Bierce, fierce, Peirce

Pierce > noun, person
Meaning	14th President of the United States (1804-1869).
Synonyms	Franklin Pierce, President Pierce
Instance of	President of the United States, United States President, President, Chief Executive

pierce > verb 1, contact
Meaning	Cut or make a way through.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples	"The path pierced the jungle"; "Light pierced through the forest"
Broader	penetrate, perforate
Narrower	pick, break up

pierce > verb 2, emotion
Meaning	Move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody
Examples	"The cold pierced her bones"; "Her words pierced the students"
Broader	affect, impress, move, strike

pierce > verb 3, perception
Meaning	Sound sharply or shrilly.
Pattern	Something ----s something
Examples	"The scream pierced the night"
Broader	sound

pierce > verb 4, contact
Meaning	Penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument.
Pattern	Something ----s something
Synonyms	thrust
Broader	penetrate, perforate
Narrower	stick; stick; peg; center punch; transfix, impale, empale, spike; horn, tusk; gore; lance

pierce > verb 5, contact
Meaning	Make a hole into.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples	"The needle pierced her flesh"
Broader	penetrate, perforate
Narrower	poke; puncture; riddle; prickle, prick; bite; punch, perforate; sting, bite, prick; tap
Entails	cut
Entailed by	impale, stake

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