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pierced

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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.

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unpierced adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pierced¹

First recorded in 1300–50; pierce, -ed ²

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The general hum of the canteen was pierced by the sound of approaching jet engines - and then the room exploded.

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In a freak accident, Steve Irwin died after being pierced through the heart by a usually chill stingray while filming an underwater documentary in a lagoon off the Great Barrier Reef.

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Across three series of the BAFTA-winning Tribe, viewers have seen Parry taking the psychedelic drug ayahuasca, having his nose pierced with a thorn and taking part in numerous rituals.

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The parents of a three-year-old boy who died from severe bleeding after his artery was pierced during surgery said they spent 12 months fighting for answers about what happened.

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His heart, pierced with shrapnel, was only found two days later, Islam says.

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�� 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.

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