·vt Fig.: To penetrate; to affect deeply; as, to pierce a mystery.
II. Pierce ·vt To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument.
III. Pierce ·vi To Enter; to Penetrate; to make a way into or through something, as a pointed instrument does;
— used literally and figuratively.
IV. Pierce ·vt 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.