Piercing : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Piercing	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Piercing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
piercing adj 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" Synonym(s): acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp 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" Synonym(s): cutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Piercing \Pier"cing\, a. Forcibly entering, or adapted to enter, at or by a point; perforating; penetrating; keen; -- used also figuratively; as, a piercing instrument, or thrust. [bd]Piercing eloquence.[b8] --Shak. -- {Pier"cingly}, adv. -- {Pier"cingness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pierce \Pierce\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pierced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Piercing}.] [OE. percen, F. percer, OF. percier, perchier, parchier; perh. fr. (assumed) LL. pertusiare for pertusare, fr. L. pertundere, pertusum, to beat, push, bore through; per through + tundere to beat: cf. OF. pertuisier to pierce, F. pertuis a hole. Cf. {Contuse}, {Parch}, {Pertuse}.] 1. To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument. [bd]I pierce . . . her tender side.[b8] --Dryden. 2. To penetrate; to enter; to force a way into or through; to pass into or through; as, to pierce the enemy's line; a shot pierced the ship. 3. Fig.: To penetrate; to affect deeply; as, to pierce a mystery. [bd]Pierced with grief.[b8] --Pope. Can no prayers pierce thee? --Shak.