(a) To thrust a weapon, a horn, a needle, etc., through or into (sb. or sth., part of the body, armor, etc.); cut into (skin or flesh); shoot missiles into (sth.); percen of, pierce (sth.); percen……
(a) Of a person: restrained in conduct; of a person's behavior: temperate, moderate; (b) of sleep, diet: moderate; of a bath: of moderate warmth; of the quality of heat in food, drink, or a bodily……