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Definitions for Pierced

[1] punctured or perforated, as to form a decorative design: a pendant in pierced copper.
[2] (of the ear) having the lobe punctured, as for earrings.
[3] (of an earring) made to be attached, as by a post or wire, through the hole in a pierced ear lobe.
[4] Heraldry . (of a charge) open at the center to reveal the field: a lozenge pierced.
[5] to penetrate into or run through (something), as a sharp, pointed dagger, object, or instrument does.
[6] to make a hole or opening in.
[7] to bore into or through; tunnel.
[8] to perforate.
[9] to make (a hole, opening, etc.) by or as by boring or perforating.
[10] to make a way or path into or through: a road that pierces the dense jungle.
[11] to penetrate with the eye or mind; see into or through: She couldn't pierce his thoughts.
[12] to affect sharply with some sensation or emotion, as of cold, pain, or grief: The wind pierced her body. Her words pierced our hearts.
[13] to sound sharply through (the air, stillness, etc.): A pistol shot pierced the night.
[14] to force or make a way into or through something; penetrate: to pierce to the heart.
[15] to form or cut (a hole) in (something) with or as if with a sharp instrument
[16] to thrust into or penetrate sharply or violently the thorn pierced his heel
[17] to force (a way, route, etc) through (something)
[18] (of light) to shine through or penetrate (darkness)
[19] (also intr) to discover or realize (something) suddenly or (of an idea) to become suddenly apparent
[20] (of sounds or cries) to sound sharply through (the silence)
[21] to move or affect (a person's emotions, bodily feelings, etc) deeply or sharply the cold pierced their bones
[22] (intr) to penetrate or be capable of penetrating piercing cold
[23] Franklin. 1804–69, US statesman; 14th president of the US (1853–57)

Words related to Pierced

plow, gash, intrude, probe, prick, drill, transfix, crack, spike, cleave, incise, break, slit, slice, stab, puncture, enter, slash, bore, perforate

Words nearby Pierced

pier, pier glass, pier table, pierce, pierce's disease, pierced, piercing, piercing saw, piercy, pierhead, pieria

Origin of Pierced

1250–1300; Middle English percen < Old French perc(i)er < Vulgar Latin *pertūsiāre, verbal derivative of Latin pertūsus, past participle of pertundere to bore a hole through, perforate, equivalent to per- per- + tundere to strike, beat

Other words from Pierced

un·pierced , adjective
pierce·a·ble , adjective
pierc·er , noun
un·pierce·a·ble , adjective

Word origin for Pierced

C13 percen, from Old French percer, ultimately from Latin pertundere, from per through + tundere to strike

Synonyms for Pierced

bore, break, cleave, crack, drill, enter, gash, incise, intrude, perforate, plow, prick, probe, puncture, slash, slice, slit, spike, stab, transfix, break in, break through, crack open, pass through, run through, stick into