perforate
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin perforō (“I bore or pierce through; I perforate”), from per- (“through, thorough”) + forō (“I bore, I pierce”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editperforate (third-person singular simple present perforates, present participle perforating, simple past and past participle perforated)
- (transitive) To pierce; to penetrate.
- (transitive) To make a line of holes in (a thin material) to allow separation at the line.
- to perforate a sheet of postage stamps
Troponyms
editDerived terms
editTranslations
editto pierce or penetrate
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to make a line of holes
Adjective
editperforate (not comparable)
- (philately, biology) perforated
- 1999, Nguyen Van Dzu, Peter C. Boyce, Kew Bulletin, 54(2):379-393:
- A species of remarkable appearance with mature leaf laminae often so profoundly perforate as to resemble a fragile net of tissue.
Translations
editperforated — see perforated
References
edit- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “perforate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Italian
editEtymology 1
editVerb
editperforate
- inflection of perforare:
Etymology 2
editParticiple
editperforate f pl
Anagrams
editLatin
editVerb
editperforāte
Spanish
editVerb
editperforate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of perforar combined with te
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