0 past simple and past participle of pierce
1 to go into or through something, making a hole in it using a sharp point:
Social motivations and influences may be complex, as seen in studies of children having their ears pierced, and in studies of everyday pain in children.
Generally, the masks are not pierced at the eyes, nose, or mouth.
Amount of leaf litter was estimated as the number of leaves pierced by a metal stake thrust into the soil at the site.
The edges of these sherds had been smoothed and holes pierced through the centres.
A caryopsis was considered germinated as soon as the radicle pierced the envelopes.
Spoons are also usually pierced on the back for suspension, and they appear in both left-facing and rightfacing versions.
For example, as mentioned above, pierced bone and glass discs had a number of possible functions.
A seed was regarded as germinated when the radicle had pierced the seed-covering structures.