pierce
1. cut or make a way through (Freq. 2)
- the knife cut through the flesh
- The path pierced the jungle
- Light pierced through the forest
• Hypernyms:
penetrate, perforate
• Hyponyms:
pick, break up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply (Freq. 1)
- The cold pierced her bones
- Her words pierced the students
• Hypernyms:
affect, impress, move, strike
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
3. sound sharply or shrilly
- The scream pierced the night
• Hypernyms:
sound
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
4. penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
• Syn:
thrust
• Derivationally related forms:
thrust (for: thrust)
• Hypernyms:
penetrate, perforate
• Hyponyms:
stick, peg, center punch, transfix, impale,
empale, spike, horn, tusk, gore, lance
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
5. make a hole into
- The needle pierced her flesh
• Hypernyms:
penetrate, perforate
• Hyponyms:
poke, puncture, riddle, prickle, prick,
bite, punch, perforate, sting, tap
• Entailment:
cut
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
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