verb : PIERCING
Source: WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) cut or make a way through; "the knife cut through the flesh"; "The path pierced the jungle"; "Light pierced through the forest" ;
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2. (
) move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply; "The cold pierced her bones"; "Her words pierced the students" ;
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3. (
) sound sharply or shrilly; "The scream pierced the night" ;
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5. (
) make a hole into; "The needle pierced her flesh" ;
Adjective : PIERCING
Source: WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations" ;
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2. (
) painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain" ;
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