All pierce synonyms
pierce
P p verb pierce
- burst β If something bursts or if you burst it, it suddenly breaks open or splits open and the air or other substance inside it comes out.
- do a slow burn β If someone does a slow burn, their angry feelings grow slowly but steadily.
- look daggers β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- gapped β a break or opening, as in a fence, wall, or military line; breach: We found a gap in the enemy's line of fortifications.
- facetted β one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- hurt β to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- check over β a thorough examination or investigation.
- in-grain β to implant or fix deeply and firmly, as in the nature or mind.
- cognize β to perceive, become aware of, or know
- cleave β To cleave something means to split or divide it into two separate parts, often violently.
- hunt down β to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing.
- burn up β If something burns up or if fire burns it up, it is completely destroyed by fire or strong heat.
- dig β to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
- chining β the backbone or spine, especially of an animal.
- accessed β the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance: They have access to the files.
- gapping β a break or opening, as in a fence, wall, or military line; breach: We found a gap in the enemy's line of fortifications.
- diffused β Simple past tense and past participle of diffuse.
- chiv β a knife
- humping β a rounded protuberance, especially a fleshy protuberance on the back, as that due to abnormal curvature of the spine in humans, or that normally present in certain animals, as the camel or bison.
- be on to β (Idiomatic) To figure out; to realize the truth.
- hacked β to place (something) on a hack, as for drying or feeding.
- dig up β to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
- check up β If you check up on something, you find out information about it.
- concaved β curved like a segment of the interior of a circle or hollow sphere; hollow and curved. Compare convex (def 1).
- gash β a long, deep wound or cut; slash.
- get a load of β anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
- glaciate β to cover with ice or glaciers.
- bore β If someone or something bores you, you find them dull and uninteresting.
- eyeballed β Simple past tense and past participle of eyeball.
- go in β go indoors
- accessing β the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance: They have access to the files.
- breeze in β a wind or current of air, especially a light or moderate one.
- drill β a large, baboonlike monkey, Mandrillus leucophaeus, of western Africa, similar to the related mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored: now endangered.
- concaving β curved like a segment of the interior of a circle or hollow sphere; hollow and curved. Compare convex (def 1).
- fathom β a unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 meters): used chiefly in nautical measurements. Abbreviation: fath.
- mow down β to cut down (grass, grain, etc.) with a scythe or a machine.
- winging β either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
- chunked β a thick mass or lump of anything: a chunk of bread; a chunk of firewood.
- fracturing β Present participle of fracture.
- whacking β large.
- bayonet β A bayonet is a long, sharp blade that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon.
- frosted β covered with or having frost.
- ferret out β a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
- hoe β Richard, 1812β86, U.S. inventor and manufacturer of printing-press equipment.
- furrowed β a narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow.
noun pierce
- laceration β the result of lacerating; a rough, jagged tear.
adjective pierce
- watertight β constructed or fitted so tightly as to be impervious to water: The ship had six watertight compartments.
- imperviable β Impervious.
adj pierce
- impervious β not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable: The coat is impervious to rain.