pierce+through

  • 21Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive — The Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive is a scenic route within Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, in western Northern Michigan. [http://www.nps.gov/archive/slbe/pssd.htm Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive] ]… …

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  • 22Pierce, Jane — ▪ American first lady née  Jane Means Appleton  born March 12, 1806, Hampton, New Hampshire, U.S. died December 2, 1863, Andover, Massachusetts  American first lady (1853–57), the wife of Franklin Pierce (Pierce, Franklin), 14th president of the… …

    Universalium

  • 23pierce — [c]/pɪəs / (say pears) verb (pierced, piercing) –verb (t) 1. to penetrate or run into or through (something), as a sharp pointed instrument does; puncture. 2. to make a hole or opening in. 3. to bore into or through; tunnel. 4. to perforate. 5.… …

  • 24Pierce the Ploughman’s Creed — (ca. 1393–1401)    Pierce the Ploughman’s Creed is a MIDDLE ENGLISH poem of 850 lines in ALLITERATIVE VERSE from the southern West Midlands. It is a social and political satire in the tradition of LANGLAND’s PIERS PLOWMAN, like MUM AND THE… …

    Encyclopedia of medieval literature

  • 25pierce — [[t]pɪərs[/t]] v. pierced, pierc•ing 1) to penetrate (something), as a pointed object does 2) to make a hole or opening in; perforate 3) to make (a hole or opening) by or as if by boring or perforating 4) to force or make a way into or through: a …

    From formal English to slang

  • 26through — 1 /Tru:/ preposition 1 entering something such as a door, passage, tube, or hole at one end or side and leaving it at the other: They were suddenly plunged into darkness as the train went through the tunnel. | The ball went flying through the… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 27pierce */ — UK [pɪə(r)s] / US [pɪrs] verb [transitive] Word forms pierce : present tense I/you/we/they pierce he/she/it pierces present participle piercing past tense pierced past participle pierced 1) if a sharp object pierces something, it makes a hole in… …

    English dictionary

  • 28pierce — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. puncture, penetrate, perforate, bore, drill; stab, wound; affect; nip, chill. See opening. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. go through, go into, pass through, pass into, break through, break into, enter,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 29pierce — Synonyms and related words: abrade, affect, afflict, aggrieve, agonize, ail, anguish, auger, barb the dart, bark, bayonet, benumb, bite, blemish, bloody, bore, break, broach, bruise, burn, chafe, check, chill, chip, claw, come alive, come home to …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 30pierce — verb (pierced; piercing) Etymology: Middle English percen, from Anglo French percer, from Vulgar Latin *pertusiare, from Latin pertusus, past participle of pertundere to perforate, from per through + tundere to beat more at per , contusion Date:… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary