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pierced

pierced

3.4
With a hole through it often to wear jewelry or for medical reasons
  • adjective
  • /pɪərst/
translation icon : perforado
  • So my daughters, they have asked me to get their ears pierced since as long as they could speak.

We find a little bit later, we find pierced shells in the Serengeti, we find them in North Africa, we find them in the Middle East.

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Examples

  • Gabby doesn't have her ears pierced so these will work.

  • After the accident, he had to get his earlobe pierced again to properly heal.

  • So the left ear, also known as the gay ear, is more commonly pierced by homosexuals than the right ear.

  • We find a little bit later, we find pierced shells in the Serengeti, we find them in North Africa, we find them in the Middle East.

  • She then answered the question if a formally pierced nipple shot milk in all three directions.

  • These include heavy variants of the typical high explosive, armour piercing and incendiary rounds.

  • She decided to have her ears pierced at the local jewelry store for her birthday.

  • Many people choose to have their noses pierced as a form of self-expression.

Synonyms

perforated
vspierced
1 4.3

Something that has small holes through it, often in a regular pattern

is a single deliberate hole made for ornament or medical use
punctured
vspierced
3.5

A thing with a hole made by something sharp

is a purposely made hole for ornament or medical use

Antonyms

304 3.7

Whole and not damaged or missing any parts

6.0

Not having a hole made through it

How Penetrated

pierced
3.4
intact
304 3.7
impenetrable
19 7.3

Surface Forms

pierced positive

Morphology

pierced = pierce (transparent) = pierce + ed

The adjectival meaning is directly formed from the verb past-participle 'pierce' + '-ed', indicating having had a hole made.

Etymology

Pierced comes from the old verb pierce, which meant 'to go through', and the small root per- means 'through'. So pierced means 'having a hole made through', like an earring in an ear or a hole in a doughnut.