verb

definition

To puncture; to break through

example

The diver pierced the surface of the water with scarcely a splash.

definition

To create a hole in the skin for the purpose of inserting jewelry

example

Can you believe he pierced his tongue?

definition

To break or interrupt abruptly

example

A scream pierced the silence.

definition

To get to the heart or crux of (a matter).

example

to pierce a mystery

definition

To penetrate; to affect deeply.

noun

definition

The action of the verb to pierce.

definition

A hole made in the body so that jewellery/jewelry can be worn through it.

example

ear piercing

definition

An item of jewelry designed to be fitted through a piercing.

adjective

definition

Appearing to look deeply into; penetrating.

example

piercing eyes

definition

Of temperature, extremely cold so that it penetrates through clothing and shelter.

definition

Of sound, loud and sharp; shrill.

example

The piercing noise of the children could be heard two blocks from the elementary school.

Examples of piercing in a Sentence

It was the piercing screech of a siren.

His piercing gaze made her feel slightly ill.

A light shined in her face, and she twisted, fear piercing her misery.

The piercing was completed in Nov.

Piercing mandibles, retracted within the head-capsule.

His piercing gaze lifted to her face and the hair rose on the back of her neck.

Xander's piercing gaze was on the Original Other.

A'Ran straightened, his piercing gaze on her.

Their eyes met for a moment... piercing blue eyes meeting startled green eyes in a battle of nerve.

The man stepped out and those piercing blue eyes questioned her silently from under furrowed bows.

He fixed a piercing gaze on her.

His snow cloud-colored eyes were piercing, his muscular frame making her warm from the inside out.

Next the larvae make their way into the connective tissue in the pro-thorax, and ultimately bore a channel into the base of the piercing apparatus and come to rest between the hypopharynx and the labium.

When the sieve-tube has ceased to function and the protoplasm, slime strings, and callose have disappeared, the perforations through which the slime strings passed are left as relatively large holes, easily visible in some cases with low powers of the microscope, piercing the sieve.plate.

His cold gaze was piercing, his frame tense despite her touch.

Deidre felt the pain again, the one without a physical source but which she felt as if a knife was piercing her soul.

With a low brow and piercing gaze, gravelly voice, a perfectly sculpted body and rugged features, Gabriel was the sexiest man she'd ever seen.

He was too surprised to speak, just stared at her through piercing green eyes.

His gaze was piercing, as if he tried to see the demon inside of her.

After four steps, she felt them and grimaced, a rough edge piercing one finger.

The last memory each held involved a man with eyes piercing and black as the night sky.

It is now held that the parasite enters the blood of man through the piercing mouth-parts at the time of biting.

Chiseled to perfection, covered in olive-hued skin, with a low brow, piercing gaze and strong jaw …His nearness made her feel hot.

Despite the piercing gaze she'd never quite gotten used to, she stepped past Jetr and looked up at her mate, taking him in breathlessly once again.

With piercing war cries, two forms broke from the horde before her.

Tall and slender, the woman's eyes were piercing, her dark hair and pale features setting off the green of her eyes even more.

In insects whose mouths are adapted for sucking and piercing, remarkable modifications may occur.

His piercing gaze went to her, and she felt compelled to answer him.

The actual piercing organs are the mandibles, while the upper lip or labrum forms a sucking tube.

The maxillae are not piercing organs, and their function is to protect the mandibles and labrum and separate the hairs or feathers of the host.

This work struck de Lesseps's imagination, and gave him the idea of piercing the African isthmus.

The off-side was lined with large trees, the purr of the engine was the only sound, the twin headlights piercing the darkness.

All close relationships are lit up by an almost intolerable, piercing clarity in which they are scarcely able to survive.

From the far side of the Gipping valley you can see this one and two others, piercing the soft harvest mist in autumn.

The females of these species use their piercing mouthparts to feed on the blood of warm-blooded animals.

Provider offices whose on piercing oral the island from.

They seem totally paranoid about making conversation with someone who isn't marked by a tattoo or piercing.

Researchers analyzed the case of a 26-year-old female who had localized gingival recession around the area of her lip piercing.

In June 1944, just in time for D-day, the APDS (armor piercing discarding sabot) shot was introduced.

The kit had tanks 3mm too long, which were rectified with the piercing saw.

Michigan Modification Articles and information regarding piercing, tattooing, scarification, as well as surgical and nonsurgical modifications.

The spider screamed, a long piercing high pitched scream which shattered through The Captain's hearing.

He was a walking bubble and emitting piercing shrieks.

The mother felt the child slipping, and a piercing shriek escaped from her as she raised her knees and caught it between them.

Large outbreaks have occurred in the past from inadequately sterilized instruments used for cosmetic piercing.

Also, Nevada has a certain attitude about piercing the corporate veil, which is why major corporations domicile in Nevada.

He described him as "a companionable, brilliant soul, with piercing eyes, the body of an Aesop - a man of keen insight, exquisite taste and wide erudition.

During the act of biting the labium is bent back, and as the piercing stylets enter the skin of the sufferer this bending becomes more and more acute.

In many aquatic larvae we find that all the spiracles are closed up, or become functionless, except a pair at the hinder end which are associated with some arrangement - such as the valvular flaps of the gnat larva or the telescopic " tail " of the drone-fly larva - for piercing the surface film and drawing periodical supplies of atmospheric air.

The larva is also armed anteriorly with a median piercing probe and a pair of sharp hooks by means of which it perforates the walls of the alimentary tract and makes its way into the body cavity, lungs or liver.

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