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pierce

/pɪəs/

US pronunciation
American sound/pɪəs/
pierce
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final e often stays silent

US voice -> pierce

Myanmar meaning

(v.t) ထိုးသည်။ထိုးဖောက်သည်။

Full entry

pierce /pÇǝs/ v

၁။ (က) စူးသည်။ ဖောက်သည်။ စူးဝင်သည်။ The arrow pierced his shoulder. ❍ (fig rhet ) A stab of resentment pierced her heart. (ခ) အပေါက်ဖောက် သည်။ ဖောက်သည်။ pierce holes in the bottom of a tin ❍ earrings for pierced ears.
၂။ (က) စူးစူးရှရှ အော်သည်၊ မြည်သည်၊ လင်းသည်။ Her shrieks pierced the air. ❍ The beam of the searchlight pierced through the darkness. (ခ) ထိုးဖောက်သည်။ They failed to pierce (through) the stout Liverpool defence.
❏ piercing adj
၁။ စူးရှသော။ A piercing shriek rent the air.
၂။ (က) ကြည်လင်တောက်ပ၍ ပွင့်လင်းသော (အကြည့်)။ her piercing blue eyes.
(ခ) စူးစိုက်သော၊ စူးစမ်းသော (အကြည့်)။ the cold piercing gaze of the lawyer.
၃။ မကွယ်မထောင့် ထိုးထွင်းနိုင်သော။ his piercing analysis/intelligence.
၄။ အသည်းခိုက်အောင် အေးမြသော (လေ၊ အအေးဓာတ်)။ a piercing breeze/chill. piercingly adv : a piercingly cold wind.

More examples
  • The knife entered his chest and pierced his heart.
  • Pierce the potatoes several times and place in a hot oven.
  • I had my ears pierced years ago.
  • A pierced nose
  • Passageways were pierced through the walls of houses.
  • A wolf’s howl pierced the silence of the dark night.
  • Her words pierced Sophie’s heart.
Synonyms
stab, cut, slice, slice open, penetrate, prick, perforate, puncture, affront, bore, bore into, break, break in, break through, cleave, crack, crack open, distress, drill, enter, gash, grieve, hurt, impale, incise, incision, intrude, kerf, laceration, lance, pain, pass through, plow, probe, rabbet, run through, scarification, slash, slit, spear, spike, stick, stick into, sting, transfix, wound
Antonyms
close, fix, heal, join, leave, mend, sew, sew up, unite, withdraw
Cross references
stabcutsliceslice openpenetrateprickperforatepunctureaffrontborebore intobreakbreak inbreak throughcleavecrackcrack opendistressdrillentergashgrievehurtimpaleinciseincisionintrudekerf
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