Transfix - English meaning

verb

Shock or greatly surprise.

Usage examples:

Her bluntness astounded him

verb

To surprise and shock someone, esp. with news of something that is completely unexpected

Usage examples:

Considering how badly they’re paid and what little support they get, the dedication of these teache…

noun

A blade that may be fixed to the muzzle of a rifle and used to stab an opponent in hand-to-hand fighting.

Usage examples:

They include a crossbow, rifles, swords, bayonets, handguns and pistols, 340 rounds of ammunition a…

verb

Stab (someone) with a bayonet.

Usage examples:

Stragglers were bayoneted where they fell

noun

A long, sharp blade attached to a gun

Usage examples:

In training, we learned to bayonet a straw dummy.

verb

Enchant and delight (someone).

Usage examples:

They both were bewitched by the golden luminosity of italy

verb

To attract or interest someone a lot so that you have the power to influence them

Usage examples:

He was bewitched by her beauty.

verb

Attract and hold the interest and attention of; charm.

Usage examples:

He was captivated by her beauty

verb

To hold the attention of someone by being extremely interesting, exciting, charming, or attractive

Usage examples:

Her singing captivated audiences everywhere.

verb

Absorb all the attention or interest of.

Usage examples:

They seemed to be engrossed in conversation

verb

If something engrosses you, it is so interesting that you give it all your attention

Usage examples:

What is it about harry potter that so engrosses children?

verb

Give intense pleasure or joy to.

Usage examples:

Ruth was enraptured by the sleeping child

verb

To give someone very great pleasure

Usage examples:

The performance enraptured adults and children alike.

verb

Capture the fascinated attention of.

Usage examples:

She had been so enthralled by the adventure that she had hardly noticed the cold

verb

To keep someone completely interested

Usage examples:

The baseball game completely enthralled the crowd., the audience was enthralled for two hours by a …

noun

An opening, such as a door, passage, or gate, that allows access to a place.

Usage examples:

The southern entrance of the palace

verb

Fill (someone) with wonder and delight, holding their entire attention.

Usage examples:

I was entranced by the city's beauty

noun

A door, gate, etc., by which you can enter a building or place

Usage examples:

[ c ] there are two entrances – one at the front and one at the back of the building., [ u ] entran…

verb

Attract the strong attention and interest of (someone).

Usage examples:

I've always been fascinated by computers

verb

To have someone’s complete interest and attention

Usage examples:

Anything to do with airplanes and flying fascinates him., the children were fascinated by the story…

noun

Blood that has been shed, especially as a result of violence.

Usage examples:

The film omitted the blood and gore in order to avoid controversy

verb

(of an animal such as a bull) pierce or stab (a person or other animal) with a horn or tusk.

Usage examples:

He was gored to death by a charging bull

verb

Shape with a gore or gores.

Usage examples:

For a larger figure it would be necessary to slightly gore the skirt

verb

Take and keep a firm hold of; grasp tightly.

Usage examples:

His knuckles were white as he gripped the steering wheel

noun

A firm hold; a tight grasp.

Usage examples:

His arm was held in a vice-like grip

verb

Hold fast or firmly

noun

A barbed missile resembling a spear that is attached to a long rope and thrown by hand or fired from a gun, used for catching whales and other large sea creatures.

Usage examples:

The whale-line is the length of rope attached to the harpoon, which connects the boat to the whale …

verb

Spear with a harpoon.

Usage examples:

Gilbert's father harpooned a five-metre basking shark

noun

A long, sharp weapon that is fixed to a rope and shot from a gun or thrown, used for hunting whales and other sea animals

verb

Produce a state of hypnosis in (someone).

Usage examples:

A witness had been hypnotized to enhance his memory

verb

To produce hypnosis in someone, or to completely influence someone

Usage examples:

The crowd sits hypnotized by harper’s trumpet.

verb

Transfix or pierce with a sharp instrument.

Usage examples:

His head was impaled on a pike and exhibited for all to see

verb

To push a sharp pointed object through something, esp. an animal’s or person’s body

Usage examples:

Walruses sometimes use their tusks to impale seals for food.

noun

A long weapon with a wooden shaft and a pointed steel head, formerly used by a horseman in charging.

Usage examples:

The warriors bore lances tipped with iron or steel

verb

Prick or cut open (an abscess or boil) with a lancet or other sharp instrument.

Usage examples:

Abscesses should not be lanced until there is a soft spot in the centre

noun

A long, thin pole with a sharp point that soldiers used in the past as a weapon when riding horses

Usage examples:

She had a boil lanced at the doctor's this morning.

verb

Capture the complete attention of (someone); transfix.

Usage examples:

They were mesmerized by his story

verb

To hold completely the attention or interest of someone

Usage examples:

Her beautiful voice mesmerized the audience., a mesmerizing performance

verb

Pierce and make a hole or holes in.

Usage examples:

There is a very small risk of the scope perforating the colon

adjective

Perforated.

Usage examples:

A perforate shell

verb

(of a sharp pointed object) go into or through (something).

Usage examples:

A splinter had pierced the skin

verb

To go in or through something, esp. with a pointed object, making a hole

Usage examples:

Pierce the potatoes with a fork to see if they’re done., she got her ears pierced.

noun

A thin piece of metal with a sharp point at one end and a round head at the other, used for fastening pieces of cloth, paper, etc.

Usage examples:

One of them cleverly decorates a vase by drawing plant leaves using a sharp pin, while another shap…

verb

Attach or fasten with a pin or pins.

Usage examples:

He pinned the badge on to his lapel

noun

An identifying number allocated to an individual by a bank or other organization and used for validating electronic transactions.

noun

A small hole in a tyre resulting in an escape of air.

Usage examples:

She was on her way home when she had a puncture

verb

Make a puncture in (something).

Usage examples:

One of the knife blows had punctured a lung

noun

A small hole made by a sharp object

noun

A long piece of wood or metal used for holding pieces of food, typically meat, together during cooking.

Usage examples:

Thread the meat on to large skewers and grill over a gentle heat

verb

Fasten together or pierce with a pin or skewer.

Usage examples:

Skewer the cubes of beef, using six to eight per skewer

noun

A long pin for holding meat in position while it is being roasted

noun

A weapon with a pointed tip, typically of steel, and a long shaft, used for thrusting or throwing.

Usage examples:

Their traditional hunting weapons were spears and blow guns.

verb

Pierce or strike with a spear or other pointed object.

Usage examples:

She speared her last chip with her fork

verb

A long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon

verb

Hold the complete attention of (someone) as though by magic; fascinate.

Usage examples:

The singer held the audience spellbound

noun

A thin, pointed piece of metal, wood, or another rigid material.

Usage examples:

The spikes dug into the thin material of the bags, and dirt began to leak out.

verb

Impale on or pierce with a sharp point.

Usage examples:

She spiked another oyster

noun

A flower cluster formed of many flower heads attached directly to a long stem.

Usage examples:

This handsome plant has striking blue flowers in a spike on the stem

verb

Thrust a knife or other pointed weapon into (someone) so as to wound or kill.

Usage examples:

He stabbed her in the stomach

noun

A thrust with a knife or other pointed weapon.

Usage examples:

Multiple stab wounds

verb

To injure someone using a sharp, pointed object

Usage examples:

He was stabbed with a fork., he’s recovering from stab wounds., cheri felt a sudden stab of guilt.,…

noun

A thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree.

Usage examples:

Hayes picked up a fallen stick and twirled it idly between his fingers.

verb

Push a sharp or pointed object into or through (something).

Usage examples:

He stuck his fork into the sausage

verb

A long thin implement resembling a length of wood

verb

Knock unconscious or into a dazed or semi-conscious state.

Usage examples:

The man was stunned by a blow to the head

verb

Make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow

verb

To shock someone so much that the person does not know how to react

Usage examples:

She was stunned by his generous offer., he was stunned by the sudden blow to his head.

verb

Make (someone) unable to think or feel properly.

Usage examples:

The offence of administering drugs to a woman with intent to stupefy her

verb

To tire or bore someone so much that the person cannot think or do anything

Usage examples:

His classes totally stupefied me., he was stupefied to learn that he was fired.

verb

Pierce through (someone or something).

Usage examples:

With a shower of arrowy death-pangs he transpierced me