Usually means: Penetrate or perforate with sharp object.
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We found 36 dictionaries that define the word pierce:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. Pierce, pierce: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. pierce: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pierce: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. pierce: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Pierce, pierce: Vocabulary.com
  6. Pierce, pierce: Wordnik
  7. pierce: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Pierce, pierce: Wiktionary
  9. pierce: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. pierce: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. pierce: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. pierce: Dictionary.com
  13. pierce: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. pierce: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Pierce (surname), Pierce: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Pierce: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. pierce: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. Pierce: Rhymezone
  19. pierce: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. pierce: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. pierce: Free Dictionary
  22. pierce: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. Pierce: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. pierce: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Body Piercing Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Body Piercing Glossary (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  2. pierce: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Pierce: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. pierce: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pierce: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Stained Glass Windows (No longer online)

(Note: See pierced as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive) To puncture; to break through.
verb:  (transitive) To create a hole in the skin for the purpose of inserting jewelry.
verb:  (transitive) to break or interrupt abruptly
verb:  (transitive, figurative) To get to the heart or crux of (a matter).
verb:  (transitive, figurative) To penetrate; to affect deeply.
noun:  (Japan) A pierced earring.
noun:  A male given name from Ancient Greek, medieval variant of Piers. Modern usage may also derive from the surname.
noun:  A surname originating as a patronymic.
noun:  A city, the county seat of Pierce County, Nebraska, United States.

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