pierce
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
cut or make a way through
the knife cut through the flesh
Types & categories
Sense 2 verb
move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply
The cold pierced her bones
Types & categories
- impress hypernym
Sense 3 verb
sound sharply or shrilly
The scream pierced the night
Types & categories
- sound hypernym
Sense 4 verb
penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- knife thrust derivation
Sense 5 verb
make a hole into
The needle pierced her flesh
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- cut entails
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | penetrate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pick |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | impress |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | sound |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | knife thrust |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | penetrate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | stick |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | stick |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | peg |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | center punch |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | impale |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | horn |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | gore |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | lance |
| 5 | entails | Related & opposite | cut |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | penetrate |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | poke |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | puncture |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | riddle |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | prick |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | bite |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | perforate |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | sting |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | tap |