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

1. 14th President of the United States (1804-1869)
   - Franklin Pierce, President Pierce

Derived forms: pierced, pierces, piercing

Type of: affect, Chief Executive, impress, move, penetrate, perforate, President, President of the United States, sound, strike, United States President

Encyclopedia: Pierce, ID Pierce, Id Pierce, Idaho Pierce Pierce, CO Pierce, Colorado Pierce, Jack Pierce, WI Pierce, William Pierce, Wisconsin Pierce, Kentucky Pierce, NE Pierce, Nebraska

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