Noun

• S: (n) Pierce, Franklin Pierce, President Pierce (14th President of the United States (1804-1869))

Verb

• S: (v) pierce (cut or make a way through) "the knife cut through the flesh"; "The path pierced the jungle"; "Light pierced through the forest"
• S: (v) pierce (move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply) "The cold pierced her bones"; "Her words pierced the students"
• S: (v) pierce (sound sharply or shrilly) "The scream pierced the night"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• sentence frame
• S: (v) pierce, thrust (penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument)
• S: (v) pierce (make a hole into) "The needle pierced her flesh"