transitive. To cut (something) with a sharp instrument. Often with adverb or adverbial phrase, as asunder, in pieces, in two. Obsolete exc. archaic…

transitive. To pierce with a sharp-pointed weapon or instrument. (Cf. through-sting, v.) to sting to death. Obsolete.

transitive. To stab or pierce (a person or animal) with a spear, sword, knife, or other weapon; to kill by this means. Also figurative. Also intrans…

To pierce or stud (a thing) with spikes.

transferred. To pierce or cut as with a wound; to damage in this way.

transitive. To stab, pierce; transferred to afflict with a ‘stitch’ or sharp sudden pain. Also figurative. Cf. through-stitch, v. Obsolete.

transitive. To thrust a pointed instrument into or through (a solid body); to stab, transfix, run through; (of an instrument) to pierce. Also figur…

transitive. To pierce, stab; to give (one) a thrust; = thrust, v. 5.

transitive. To stab or pierce (a person or animal) with a spear, sword, knife, or other weapon; to kill by stabbing. Also of an animal: to butt…

transitive. To penetrate or pass through or into (something), esp. as or in the manner of a sharp-pointed object; to run through or thrust into (a…

transitive. To sever, cleave, or divide, by means of a sword or similar weapon; to pierce (through). Also reflexive and figurative. Now rare and ar…

transitive. To pierce or stab, with or as with a pointed weapon.

transitive. To pierce with a sharp instrument, to stab. Obsolete except as in 1b.

To pierce with or as with a lance or a lancet; to cut, gash, slit. Also, to slit open; to open. Obsolete exc. poetic.

transitive. To pierce, indent, or dig into the surface of (something) by striking blows with something sharp or pointed, as to break up (ground, a…

transitive. To pierce, cut into (in fighting or carving); to cut or break into, so as to use.

transitive and (rare) intransitive. To stab, prick, or puncture (something or someone) with or as with a pointed instrument. Cf. pounce, v.1 3. Obs…

transitive. To pierce, transfix, wound; cut, slit; to make (a wound) by piercing. Also with up. Obsolete.

transitive. To pierce. Obsolete.

transitive. To pierce through. Frequently figurative or in figurative context.

to pierce entirely.

intransitive. Of a bird: to peck. More generally: to penetrate into, to stab, pierce, or prod at. Now regional and rare.

transitive. Scottish. To pierce or puncture (something) by means of a violent stroke; to stab or run through. Obsolete.

transitive. To stab. Also figurative.

transitive. To pierce, penetrate, or examine with a probe, esp. something sharp, in order to test or explore; (also) to search (a person's body)…

transitive. To pierce.

transitive. To pierce; = enthrill, v.

To pierce as with a nail, to gore. rare.

To pierce, gore.

transitive. To pierce, stab, or prick with a pointed weapon or instrument.

transitive. To pierce, tear.

transitive. To bore a hole through (a thing) with a gimlet.

transitive. To make a puncture in; to pierce with a sharp point; to prick; to perforate. Also: to make a puncture in the tyre of (a bicycle or its…

To pierce with, or as with, a spike. Also reflexive.

transitive. To pierce or stab with or as with a skewer; to fasten with a skewer.

transitive. To pierce with or as with a gimlet.

transitive. To pierce, stab, or pick up with a prong or fork. Formerly also: †to break up (soil) with a fork (cf. prong, n.2 1a) (obsolete).

transitive. To strike or pierce with or as with a javelin.