| pierce | | |
| n. (person) | 1. franklin pierce, pierce, president pierce | 14th President of the United States (1804-1869). |
| ~ chief executive, president of the united states, united states president, president | the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government.; "the President likes to jog every morning" |
| v. (contact) | 2. pierce | cut or make a way through.; "the knife cut through the flesh"; "The path pierced the jungle"; "Light pierced through the forest" |
| ~ penetrate, perforate | pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance.; "The bullet penetrated her chest" |
| ~ pick, break up | attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example.; "Pick open the ice" |
| v. (emotion) | 3. pierce | move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply.; "The cold pierced her bones"; "Her words pierced the students" |
| ~ impress, strike, affect, move | have an emotional or cognitive impact upon.; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd" |
| v. (perception) | 4. pierce | sound sharply or shrilly.; "The scream pierced the night" |
| ~ sound | give off a certain sound or sounds.; "This record sounds scratchy" |
| v. (contact) | 5. pierce, thrust | penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument. |
| ~ penetrate, perforate | pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance.; "The bullet penetrated her chest" |
| ~ stick | pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed.; "He stuck the needle into his finger" |
| ~ stick | pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument.; "he stuck the cloth with the needle" |
| ~ peg | pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into. |
| ~ center punch | make a small hole in something as a guide for a drill. |
| ~ empale, impale, spike, transfix | pierce with a sharp stake or point.; "impale a shrimp on a skewer" |
| ~ horn, tusk | stab or pierce with a horn or tusk.; "the rhino horned the explorer" |
| ~ gore | wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument. |
| ~ lance | pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight. |
| v. (contact) | 6. pierce | make a hole into.; "The needle pierced her flesh" |
| ~ penetrate, perforate | pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance.; "The bullet penetrated her chest" |
| ~ poke | make a hole by poking. |
| ~ puncture | pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into.; "puncture a tire" |
| ~ riddle | pierce with many holes.; "The bullets riddled his body" |
| ~ prick, prickle | make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn.; "The nurse pricked my finger to get a small blood sample" |
| ~ bite | penetrate or cut, as with a knife.; "The fork bit into the surface" |
| ~ perforate, punch | make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation.; "perforate the sheets of paper" |
| ~ sting, bite, prick | deliver a sting to.; "A bee stung my arm yesterday" |
| ~ cut | separate with or as if with an instrument.; "Cut the rope" |
| ~ tap | pierce in order to draw a liquid from.; "tap a maple tree for its syrup"; "tap a keg of beer" |
| prod | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. goad, goading, prod, prodding, spur, spurring, urging | a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something.; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves" |
| ~ encouragement | the expression of approval and support. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. goad, prod | a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion. |
| ~ ankus | an elephant goad with a sharp spike and a hook. |
| ~ device | an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose.; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" |
| ~ gad, spur | a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward.; "cowboys know not to squat with their spurs on" |
| v. (contact) | 3. nudge, poke at, prod | to push against gently.; "She nudged my elbow when she saw her friend enter the restaurant" |
| ~ jog | give a slight push to. |
| ~ elbow | shove one's elbow into another person's ribs. |
| ~ push, force | move with force,.; "He pushed the table into a corner" |
| v. (contact) | 4. egg on, incite, prod | urge on; cause to act.; "The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window" |
| ~ goose | prod into action. |
| ~ halloo | urge on with shouts.; "halloo the dogs in a hunt" |
| ~ goad | urge with or as if with a goad. |
| v. (contact) | 5. dig, jab, poke, prod, stab | poke or thrust abruptly.; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs" |
| ~ thrust | push forcefully.; "He thrust his chin forward" |
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