verb · transitive · common

pierce

pierce · pierces · pierced · piercing

проколоть, проткнуть, прокалывать, протыкать

lochen, durchstechen, piercen

To puncture; to break throughTo puncture; to break through.

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UK/pɪəs/US/pɪɹs/

» Tom got his tongue pierced.

Tom hat sich ein Zungenpiercing machen lassen.

Том сделал пирсинг языка.

Том зробили пірсінг язика.

Meaning

5 senses

(transitive)To puncture; to break through.
The diver pierced the surface of the water with scarcely a splash.
to pierce the enemy's line
durchstechen, lochen
протыка́тьprotykátʹ, проткну́тьprotknútʹ, прока́лыватьprokályvatʹ
cut or make a way through
(transitive)To create a hole in the skin for the purpose of inserting jewelry.
Can you believe he pierced his tongue?
piercen
прока́лыватьprokályvatʹ, проколо́тьprokolótʹ, протыка́тьprotykátʹ
(transitive)To break or interrupt abruptly
A dreadful scream pierced the silence.
прерыва́тьpreryvátʹ
(figuratively, transitive)To get to the heart or crux of (a matter).
to pierce a mystery
(figuratively, transitive)To penetrate; to affect deeply.
A stab of fear pierced my heart.
move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply

Examples

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Tom got his tongue pierced.
Том зробили пірсінг язика. — deniko
ruТом сделал пирсинг языка. — odexed
deTom hat sich ein Zungenpiercing machen lassen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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I have a pierced ear.
У мене проколоте вухо. — deniko
ruУ меня проколото ухо. — marafon
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Tom got his left ear pierced.
ruТом проколол себе левое ухо. — marafon
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Can I get my ears pierced?
ruМожно мне проколоть уши? — Wezel
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Mary got her belly button pierced.
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Translations

8 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

to puncture — see also puncture, perforate:

interrupt:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to puncture — see also puncture, perforate:

create a hole for jewelry:

Origin

From Middle English perce, from conjugated forms of Old French percier such as (jeo) pierc

From Middle English perce, from conjugated forms of Old French percier such as (jeo) pierce (“I pierce”), probably from Vulgar Latin *pertūsiō, from Latin pertūsus, past participle of pertundō (“thrust or bore through”), from per- (“through”) + tundō (“beat, pound”). Displaced native Old English þȳrlian (literally “to hole”).

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