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pierced
[ peerst ]
adjective
- punctured or perforated, as to form a decorative design:
a pendant in pierced copper.
- relating to or being a body part punctured for the purpose of inserting jewelry:
From jungle tribes to desert nomads to royalty, pierced ears were indicators of both beauty and social standing.
- relating to or being jewelry attached through a punctured body part: Nude bellies can be enhanced with pierced navel rings.
Pierced earrings cannot be returned or exchanged due to hygiene reasons.
Nude bellies can be enhanced with pierced navel rings.
- Heraldry. (of a charge) open at the center to reveal the field:
a lozenge pierced.
Other Words From
- un·pierced adjective
Example Sentences
One of the bullets brushed his spine and another pierced his bladder, leaving him with a permanent catheter.
"He died before the ambulance arrived. I was told he was very unlucky, because a piece of shrapnel pierced his heart," she says, breaking down.
I got my ear pierced there drunkenly once upon a time.
The unnamed group’s symbol — described in the memo and confirmed to The Times by five sources in the department — is a skull with blood-red eyes, pierced by a jagged lightning bolt.
Her question apparently pierced years of rationalisation and denial.
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More About Pierced
What does pierced mean?
Pierced is an adjective that describes things that have had holes made in them by being penetrated or punctured, usually with something sharp.
The word comes from the past tense of the verb pierce, which means to penetrate or puncture things in this way. This sense of the word is associated with needles and other thin, sharp objects used to pierce surfaces. To pierce someone’s ear is to make a hole in it with a needle so that an earring can be inserted. This is called a piercing.
Pierced is especially used to describe ears and other body parts that have had a hole put in them so that jewelry can be inserted, as in pierced ears, pierced lip, pierced nose, and pierced eyebrow.
It can also describe someone who has piercings, as in He was one of those pierced and tattooed guys.
Pierced metal is metal that has been perforated with holes, such as to form a design.
Example: My ears aren’t pierced—this is just a clip-on earring.
How is pierced used in real life?
The first records of the word pierced as an adjective come from the 1300s. It ultimately comes from the Latin verb pertundere, meaning “to bore a hole through” or “to perforate.”
The verb pierce can be used in many different contexts, both literally and figuratively, but pierced is most commonly used in the context of body parts that have had holes inserted into them in order to wear jewelry. All kinds of body parts can be pierced, including some nontraditional spots like the cheek and the back of the neck.
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How is pierced used in real life?
Pierced is most commonly used in the context of pierced ears, but many other body parts can be pierced.
if i survive this semester, i’m rewarding myself with pierced ears (and a tattoo maybe)
— nahhh 🌼 (@surfboardt__) October 25, 2020
I would look really cute with a pierced nose…
— professional american election hater 🇺🇸 (@w8ing4sunlight) October 18, 2020
Why didn't anyone warn me how hard it is to eat with a freshly pierced lip?
— 👻 (@spidersplicers) October 14, 2016
Try using pierced!
Which of the following body parts can be pierced?
A. ear
B. lip
C. nose
D. all of the above
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