1. Having a hole cut through
   "pierced ears";
   - perforated, perforate, punctured

1. Make a hole into
   "The needle pierced her flesh"
    
2. Penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
   "The knife pierced her skin";
   - thrust
    
3. Move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply
   "The cold pierced her bones"; "Her words pierced the students"
    
4. Sound sharply or shrilly
   "The scream pierced the night"
    
5. Pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance
   "The path pierced the jungle"; "Light pierced through the forest";
   - penetrate

See also: cut

Type of: advance, affect, come in, enter, get in, get into, go in, go into, go on, impress, march on, move, move into, move on, pass on, progress, sound, strike

Encyclopedia: Pierced