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{
"term": "pierce",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "pierce",
"heSheIt": "pierces"
},
"pastSimple": "pierced",
"pastParticiple": "pierced",
"ingForm": "piercing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to make a small hole in something, or to go through something, with a sharp object",
"sensetop": "pierce somethingpierce somebodypierce through something",
"labels": "(figurative)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The arrow pierced his shoulder.",
"contextForm": "pierce something"
},
{
"text": "He pierced another hole in his belt with his knife."
},
{
"text": "to **have your ears/nose, etc. pierced** (= to have a small hole made in your ears/nose, etc. so that you can wear jewellery there)"
},
{
"text": "She was pierced to the heart with guilt."
},
{
"text": "The knife pierced through his coat.",
"contextForm": "pierce through something"
},
{
"text": "The narrowed blue eyes seemed to pierce right through her."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to be suddenly seen or heard",
"sensetop": "pierce (through) something",
"labels": "(literary)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Sirens pierced the silence of the night."
},
{
"text": "Shafts of sunlight pierced the heavy mist."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to force a way through a barrier",
"sensetop": "pierce (through) something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They failed to pierce the Liverpool defence."
}
],
"synonyms": "penetrate"
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/pɪəs/",
"audio": "pi/pierce/pierce__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpɪəsɪz/",
"audio": "pi/pierce/pierces__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/pɪəst/",
"audio": "pi/pierce/pierced__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpɪəsɪŋ/",
"audio": "pi/pierce/piercing__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/pɪrs/",
"audio": "pi/pierce/pierce__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpɪrsɪz/",
"audio": "pi/pierce/pierces__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/pɪrst/",
"audio": "pi/pierce/pierced__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpɪrsɪŋ/",
"audio": "pi/pierce/piercing__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French percer, based on Latin pertus- ‘bored through’, from the verb pertundere, from per ‘through’ + tundere ‘thrust’."
}