Transfix
[træns'fɪks;trɑːns-;-nz-] or [træns'fɪks]
Definition
(verb.) pierce with a sharp stake or point; 'impale a shrimp on a skewer'.
Editor: Michel--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To pierce through, as with a pointed weapon; to impale; as, to transfix one with a dart.
Typed by Josephine
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Transpierce, penetrate, perforate, pierce through.
Typist: Marietta
Definition
v.t. to pierce through.—n. Transfis′sion cross-section.—adj. Transfixed′.—n. Transfix′ion.
Inputed by Errol
Examples
- I was that energetic person, and I have satisfied myself that by no exertion of my strength can I transfix the pig with a single blow. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Let him bare his arm and transfix me with lightning--this is also one of his attributes--and the old man laughed. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It has never been transfixed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- In a flash the operator switched on the current and the two men stood as if transfixed, hanging desperately to their weapons that were held aloft as by some giant’s hand. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Gerald started to his feet, and stood transfixed in horror. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- This long screw would have transfixed it and drawn it up with a single pull. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I trust in saying this--' For a moment the lady, with a glass at her eye, stood transfixed and speechless before the two Miss Dorrits. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The bird came fluttering down, transfixed with the arrow. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- She was first transfixed with surprise, and then electrified with delight. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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