| slovo | definícia |
piercing
(encz) | piercing,děrování n: Zdeněk Brož |
piercing
(encz) | piercing,ostrý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
piercing
(encz) | piercing,probíjející adj: Zdeněk Brož |
piercing
(encz) | piercing,probíjení n: Zdeněk Brož |
piercing
(encz) | piercing,pronikavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
piercing
(encz) | piercing,prorážející adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Piercing
(gcide) | Piercing \Pier"cing\, a.
Forcibly entering, or adapted to enter, at or by a point;
perforating; penetrating; keen; -- used also figuratively;
as, a piercing instrument, or thrust. "Piercing eloquence."
--Shak.
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n.
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Piercing
(gcide) | Pierce \Pierce\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pierced; p. pr. & vb. n.
Piercing.] [OE. percen, F. percer, OF. percier, perchier,
parchier; perh. fr. (assumed) LL. pertusiare for pertusare,
fr. L. pertundere, pertusum, to beat, push, bore through; per
through + tundere to beat: cf. OF. pertuisier to pierce, F.
pertuis a hole. Cf. Contuse, Parch, Pertuse.]
1. To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed
instrument. "I pierce . . . her tender side." --Dryden.
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2. To penetrate; to enter; to force a way into or through; to
pass into or through; as, to pierce the enemy's line; a
shot pierced the ship.
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3. Fig.: To penetrate; to affect deeply; as, to pierce a
mystery. "Pierced with grief." --Pope.
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Can no prayers pierce thee? --Shak.
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piercing
(wn) | piercing
adj 1: having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine
distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and
politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike
reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a
fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative
observations" [syn: acute, discriminating,
incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating,
penetrative, piercing, sharp]
2: painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a cutting wind";
"keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains";
"piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain";
"lancinating pain" [syn: cutting, keen, knifelike,
piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating] |
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piercingly
(encz) | piercingly,ostře adv: Jaroslav Šedivýpiercingly,pronikavě adv: Jaroslav Šedivý |
Piercing
(gcide) | Piercing \Pier"cing\, a.
Forcibly entering, or adapted to enter, at or by a point;
perforating; penetrating; keen; -- used also figuratively;
as, a piercing instrument, or thrust. "Piercing eloquence."
--Shak.
[1913 Webster] -- Pier"cing*ly, adv. -- Pier"cing*ness,
n.
[1913 Webster]Pierce \Pierce\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pierced; p. pr. & vb. n.
Piercing.] [OE. percen, F. percer, OF. percier, perchier,
parchier; perh. fr. (assumed) LL. pertusiare for pertusare,
fr. L. pertundere, pertusum, to beat, push, bore through; per
through + tundere to beat: cf. OF. pertuisier to pierce, F.
pertuis a hole. Cf. Contuse, Parch, Pertuse.]
1. To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed
instrument. "I pierce . . . her tender side." --Dryden.
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2. To penetrate; to enter; to force a way into or through; to
pass into or through; as, to pierce the enemy's line; a
shot pierced the ship.
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3. Fig.: To penetrate; to affect deeply; as, to pierce a
mystery. "Pierced with grief." --Pope.
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Can no prayers pierce thee? --Shak.
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Piercingly
(gcide) | Piercing \Pier"cing\, a.
Forcibly entering, or adapted to enter, at or by a point;
perforating; penetrating; keen; -- used also figuratively;
as, a piercing instrument, or thrust. "Piercing eloquence."
--Shak.
[1913 Webster] -- Pier"cing*ly, adv. -- Pier"cing*ness,
n.
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Piercingness
(gcide) | Piercing \Pier"cing\, a.
Forcibly entering, or adapted to enter, at or by a point;
perforating; penetrating; keen; -- used also figuratively;
as, a piercing instrument, or thrust. "Piercing eloquence."
--Shak.
[1913 Webster] -- Pier"cing*ly, adv. -- Pier"cing*ness,
n.
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Transpiercing
(gcide) | Transpierce \Trans*pierce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transpierced;
p. pr. & vb. n. Transpiercing.] [Pref. trans- + pierce: cf.
F. transpercer.]
To pierce through; to penetrate; to permeate; to pass
through.
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The sides transpierced return a rattling sound.
--Dryden.
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piercingly
(wn) | piercingly
adv 1: extremely and sharply; "it was bitterly cold"; "bitter
cold" [syn: piercingly, bitterly, bitingly,
bitter]
2: in a shrill voice; "she sang rather shrilly" [syn: shrilly,
piercingly] |
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