pierce
Betekenis (Engels)
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- To puncture; to break through.
- To create a hole in the skin for the purpose of inserting jewelry.
- to break or interrupt abruptly
- To get to the heart or crux of (a matter).
- To penetrate; to affect deeply.
Concepten
priemen
aanboren
ponsen
doorstoten
opensteken
op het station aankomen
Synoniemen
stick in
make a hole
stick into
thrust into
make a hole in
make holes in
bore hole through
burst through
border upon
drill through
pass into
wage war
bore into
break asunder
cut to
give an injection
make an impression
operate on
penetrate into
pierce through
slice up
snip off
thrust in
bore a hole
bore through
push into
knock down walls
thrust violently
be true to
be pierced
cut asunder
abruptly stab
poke in
make to leak
stab someone
cut away
cut into
drill hole
flow out
nip off
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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/pɪɹs/
Etymologie (Engels)
From Middle English perce, from conjugated forms of Old French percier such as (jeo) pierce (“I pierce”), probably from Vulgar Latin *pertūsiō, from Latin pertūsus, past participle of pertundō (“thrust or bore through”), from per- (“through”) + tundō (“beat, pound”). Displaced native Old English þȳrlian (literally “to hole”).
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