Found 3 items, similar to pierce.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: pierce bobok, melirik, membobolkan, mendobolkan, menembus, menindik, menyerbu, tindik
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Pierce Pierce n : 14th President of the United States (1804-1869) [syn: Franklin Pierce , President Pierce] v 1: cut or make a way through; “the knife cut through the flesh”; “The path pierced the jungle”; “Light pierced through the forest” 2: move or affect (a person's emotions, bodily feelings, etc.) deeply or sharply; “The cold pierced her bones”; “Her words pierced the students” 3: sound sharply or shrilly; “The scream pierced the night” 4: penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument [syn: thrust] 5: make a hole into; “The needle pierced her flesh”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Pierce Pierce \Pierce\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pierced; p. pr. & vb. n. Piercing.] [OE. percen, F. percer, OF. percier, perchier, parchier; perh. fr. (assumed) LL. pertusiare for pertusare, fr. L. pertundere, pertusum, to beat, push, bore through; per through + tundere to beat: cf. OF. pertuisier to pierce, F. pertuis a hole. Cf. Contuse, Parch, Pertuse.] 1. To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument. “I pierce . . . her tender side.” --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To penetrate; to enter; to force a way into or through; to pass into or through; as, to pierce the enemy's line; a shot pierced the ship. [1913 Webster] 3. Fig.: To penetrate; to affect deeply; as, to pierce a mystery. “Pierced with grief.” --Pope. [1913 Webster] Can no prayers pierce thee? --Shak. [1913 Webster] Pierce \Pierce\, v. i. To enter; to penetrate; to make a way into or through something, as a pointed instrument does; -- used literally and figuratively. [1913 Webster] And pierced to the skin, but bit no more. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] She would not pierce further into his meaning. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]