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What (who) is Pierce - definition
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Pierce (disambiguation)
pierce
(pierces, piercing, pierced)
1.
If a sharp object pierces something, or if you pierce something with a sharp object, the object goes into it and makes a hole in it.
One bullet pierced the left side of his chest...
Pierce the skin of the potato with a fork.
VERB: V n, V n
2.
If you have your ears or some other part of your body pierced, you have a small hole made through them so that you can wear a piece of jewellery in them.
I'm having my ears pierced on Saturday.
...her pierced ears with their tiny gold studs.
VERB: have n V-ed, V-ed, also V n
Pierce
pierce
¦ verb
1. make a hole in or through with a sharp pointed object.
2. force or cut a way through: a shrill voice pierced the air.
3. [as adjective piercing] very sharp, cold, or high-pitched.
very astute or intelligent.
Derivatives
piercer noun
piercingly adverb
Origin
ME: from OFr. percer, based on L. pertus-, pertundere 'bore through'.
Examples of use of Pierce
1. Pierce Marshall illegally thwarted his father‘s wishes.
2. Today, Virginia Transportation Secretary Pierce R.
3. Seymour Pierce reiterated its buy recommendation.
4. When Pierce and Patenaude went to Jackson, "he said, definitely, I do not want Abt to get this contract," Pierce said.
5. She then feuded with Marshall‘s son, Pierce Marshall, over her entitlement to the tycoon‘s estate before Pierce Marshall died in June at age 67.