Definition of pierce

"pierce" in the noun sense

1. Pierce, Franklin Pierce, President Pierce

14th President of the United States (1804-1869)

"pierce" in the verb sense

1. pierce

cut or make a way through

"the knife cut through the flesh"

"The path pierced the jungle"

"Light pierced through the forest"

2. pierce

move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply

"The cold pierced her bones"

"Her words pierced the students"

3. pierce

sound sharply or shrilly

"The scream pierced the night"

4. pierce, thrust

penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument

5. pierce

make a hole into

"The needle pierced her flesh"

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Quotations for pierce

Little drops of rain pierce the hard marble. [ Lily ]

Honest plain words best pierce the ear of grief. [ William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, Act V. Sc. 2 ]

These wickets of the soul are placed so high,
Because all sounds do highly move aloft;
And that they may not pierce too violently,
They are delay'd with turns and twinings oft.
For should the voice directly strike the brain,
It would astonish and confuse it much;
Therefore these plaits and folds the sound restrain,
That it the organ may more gently touch. [ Sir John Davies ]

The soft drops of rain pierce the hard marble, many strokes overthrow the tallest oak. [ Lyly ]

He that respects himself is safe from others; he wears a coat of mail that none can pierce. [ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ]

Obscurity and Innocence, twin sisters, escape temptations which would pierce their gossamer armor, in contact with the world. [ Chamfort ]

Through tattered clothes small vices do appear: robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold, and the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks; arm it in rags, a pygmy's straw doth pierce it. [ William Shakespeare ]

Women have that feminine sensuousness which delights in color and odor and richness of fabric. Their sense of beauty is untaught. A little lower in the scale of civilization, they would pierce their noses, and dye their fingernails, and wear strings of glass beads. [ Mrs. L. G. Calhoun ]

pierce in Scrabble®

The word pierce is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

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pierce in Words With Friends™

The word pierce is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 12

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Words within the letters of pierce

2 letter words in pierce (3 words)

3 letter words in pierce (6 words)

4 letter words in pierce (7 words)

5 letter words in pierce (5 words)

6 letter words in pierce (Anagrams) (2 words)

Words containing the sequence pierce

Words that start with pierce (5 words)

Words with pierce in them (2 words)

Words that end with pierce (1 word)

Word Growth involving pierce

Shorter words in pierce

pi pie pier

Longer words containing pierce

pierced nonpierced

piercer piercers

pierces