▪ make a hole in (the ears, nose, or other part of the body) so as to wear jewelry in them: "I pierced my nose and ears"
▪ bore a hole or tunnel through: "the dividing wall is pierced by arches and piers"
▪ force or cut a way through:"they were seeking to pierce the antiballistic-missile defenses"Similarpenetratepass throughburst throughpercolatepervadepermeatefilter throughlight up
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French percer, based on Latin pertus- ‘bored through’, from the verb pertundere, from per ‘through’ + tundere ‘thrust’.