VERB | contact | pierce | cut or make a way through |
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emotion | pierce | move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply | |
perception | pierce | sound sharply or shrilly | |
contact | pierce, thrust | penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument | |
contact | pierce | make a hole into | |
NOUN | person | Pierce, Franklin Pierce, President Pierce | 14th President of the United States (1804-1869) |
Sounds | pih'rs | |
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Rhymes | Bierce ... Peirce: 4 rhymes with ihrs... |
Meaning | 14th President of the United States (1804-1869). | |
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Synonyms | Franklin Pierce, President Pierce | |
Instance of | President of the United States, United States President, President, Chief Executive | The person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government |
Spanish | Franklin Pierce, Pierce, Presidente Pierce | |
Catalan | Franklin Pierce, Pierce |
Meaning | cut or make a way through. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
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Narrower | pick, break up | attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example |
Broader | penetrate, perforate | Pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance |
Spanish | perforar | |
Catalan | fer un forat, foradar, perforar, traucar, travessar, trepar |
Meaning | Move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
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Broader | affect, impress, move, strike | Have an emotional or cognitive impact / impact upon |
Meaning | sound sharply or shrilly. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Example | "The scream pierced the night" | |
Broader | sound | give ... / give off a certain sound or sounds |
Meaning | penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Synonym | thrust | |
Narrower | center punch | make a small hole in something as a guide for a drill |
gore | wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument | |
horn, tusk | stab or pierce with a horn or tusk | |
lance | pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight | |
peg | pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into | |
stick | pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed | |
stick | pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument | |
transfix, impale, empale, spike | pierce with a sharp stake or point | |
Broader | penetrate, perforate | Pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance |
Spanish | clavar, hincar | |
Catalan | clavar |
Meaning | make a hole into. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "The needle pierced her flesh" | |
Entails | cut | separate with or as if with an instrument |
Entailed by | impale, stake | kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole |
Narrower | bite | penetrate or cut, as with a knife |
poke | make a hole by poking | |
prickle, prick | make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn | |
punch, perforate | make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation | |
puncture | pierce with a pointed object | |
riddle | pierce with many holes | |
sting, bite, prick | deliver a sting to | |
tap | pierce in order to draw a liquid / liquid from | |
Broader | penetrate, perforate | Pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance |
Spanish | agujerear, horadar, perforar | |
Catalan | fer un forat, foradar, perforar |
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