| pierce | | |
| n. (person) | 1. franklin pierce, pierce, president pierce | 14th President of the United States (1804-1869). |
| ~ chief executive, president of the united states, united states president, president | the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government.; "the President likes to jog every morning" |
| v. (contact) | 2. pierce | cut or make a way through.; "the knife cut through the flesh"; "The path pierced the jungle"; "Light pierced through the forest" |
| ~ penetrate, perforate | pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance.; "The bullet penetrated her chest" |
| ~ pick, break up | attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example.; "Pick open the ice" |
| v. (emotion) | 3. pierce | move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply.; "The cold pierced her bones"; "Her words pierced the students" |
| ~ impress, strike, affect, move | have an emotional or cognitive impact upon.; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd" |
| v. (perception) | 4. pierce | sound sharply or shrilly.; "The scream pierced the night" |
| ~ sound | give off a certain sound or sounds.; "This record sounds scratchy" |
| v. (contact) | 5. pierce, thrust | penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument. |
| ~ penetrate, perforate | pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance.; "The bullet penetrated her chest" |
| ~ stick | pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed.; "He stuck the needle into his finger" |
| ~ stick | pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument.; "he stuck the cloth with the needle" |
| ~ peg | pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into. |
| ~ center punch | make a small hole in something as a guide for a drill. |
| ~ empale, impale, spike, transfix | pierce with a sharp stake or point.; "impale a shrimp on a skewer" |
| ~ horn, tusk | stab or pierce with a horn or tusk.; "the rhino horned the explorer" |
| ~ gore | wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument. |
| ~ lance | pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight. |
| v. (contact) | 6. pierce | make a hole into.; "The needle pierced her flesh" |
| ~ penetrate, perforate | pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance.; "The bullet penetrated her chest" |
| ~ poke | make a hole by poking. |
| ~ puncture | pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into.; "puncture a tire" |
| ~ riddle | pierce with many holes.; "The bullets riddled his body" |
| ~ prick, prickle | make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn.; "The nurse pricked my finger to get a small blood sample" |
| ~ bite | penetrate or cut, as with a knife.; "The fork bit into the surface" |
| ~ perforate, punch | make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation.; "perforate the sheets of paper" |
| ~ sting, bite, prick | deliver a sting to.; "A bee stung my arm yesterday" |
| ~ cut | separate with or as if with an instrument.; "Cut the rope" |
| ~ tap | pierce in order to draw a liquid from.; "tap a maple tree for its syrup"; "tap a keg of beer" |
| puncture | | |
| n. (event) | 1. puncture | loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object. |
| ~ misadventure, mischance, mishap | an instance of misfortune. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. puncture | a small hole made by a sharp object. |
| ~ hole | an opening deliberately made in or through something. |
| ~ pinhole | a small puncture that might have been made by a pin. |
| ~ pinprick | small puncture (as if made by a pin). |
| n. (act) | 3. puncture | the act of puncturing or perforating. |
| ~ activity | any specific behavior.; "they avoided all recreational activity" |
| ~ centesis | (surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid. |
| ~ perforation | the act of punching a hole (especially a row of holes as for ease of separation). |
| ~ pricking, prick | the act of puncturing with a small point.; "he gave the balloon a small prick" |
| ~ venipuncture | (medicine) puncture of a vein through the skin in order to withdraw blood for analysis or to start an intravenous drip or to inject medication or a radiopaque dye. |
| v. (contact) | 4. puncture | pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into.; "puncture a tire" |
| ~ scarify | puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals.; "The men in some African tribes scarify their faces" |
| ~ pierce | make a hole into.; "The needle pierced her flesh" |
| v. (contact) | 5. puncture | make by piercing.; "puncture a hole" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| v. (communication) | 6. deflate, puncture | reduce or lessen the size or importance of.; "The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence" |
| ~ depreciate, vilipend, deprecate | belittle.; "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts" |
| v. (change) | 7. puncture | cause to lose air pressure or collapse by piercing.; "puncture an air balloon" |
| ~ depressurise, depressurize, decompress | decrease the pressure of.; "depressurize the cabin in the air plane" |
| v. (change) | 8. puncture | be pierced or punctured.; "The tire punctured" |
| ~ come apart, break, fall apart, split up, separate | become separated into pieces or fragments.; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart" |
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