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Pierced vs Unpierced - What's the difference?

pierced | unpierced |

As a verb pierced

is (pierce).

As an adjective unpierced is

not pierced.

pierced

English

Verb

(head)
  • (pierce)

    • pierce

    English

    Verb

  • to puncture; to break through
    • The diver pierced the surface of the water with scarcely a splash.
    to pierce''' the enemy's line; a shot '''pierced the ship
  • * Dryden
    • I pierce her tender side.
  • to create a hole in the skin for the purpose of inserting jewelry
    • Can you believe he pierced his tongue?
  • to break or interrupt abruptly
    • A scream pierced the darkness.
  • (figurative) To penetrate; to affect deeply.
    • to pierce a mystery
  • * Alexander Pope
    • pierced with grief
  • * Shakespeare
    • Can no prayers pierce thee?

    Derived terms

    * piercing

    Descendants

    * Japanese:

    Anagrams

    *

    unpierced

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • not pierced
  • *{{quote-book, year=1885, author=Ulysses S. Grant, title=Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=There was not one of these left standing unpierced by bullets. }}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2006, date=June 23, author=Michael Miner, title=There Oughta Be a Law; Small Victories, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=When he was rushed back to the hospital two weeks ago the Sun-Times referred to the unpierced "veil of secrecy" that has surrounded him since his stroke in March. }}