From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Perforate \Per"fo*rate\ (p[~e]r"f[-o]*r[asl]t), Perforated
\Per"fo*ra`ted\ (p[~e]r"f[-o]*r[=a]"t[e^]d), a.
Pierced with a hole or holes, or with pores; having
transparent dots resembling holes.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Perforate \Per"fo*rate\ (p[~e]r"f[-o]*r[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Perforated (p[~e]r"f[-o]*r[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Perforating.] [L. perforatus, p. p. of perforare to
perforate; per through + forare to bore. See Bore, v.]
To bore through; to pierce through with a pointed instrument;
to make a hole or holes through by boring or piercing; to
pierce or penetrate the surface of. --Bacon.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Pervious \Per"vi*ous\, a. [L. pervis; per + via a way. See
Per-, and Voyage.]
1. Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another
body or substance; permeable; as, a pervious soil.
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[Doors] . . . pervious to winds, and open every way.
--Pope.
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2. Capable of being penetrated, or seen through, by physical
or mental vision. [R.]
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God, whose secrets are pervious to no eye. --Jer.
Taylor.
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3. Capable of penetrating or pervading. [Obs.] --Prior.
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4. (Zool.) Open; -- used synonymously with perforate, as
applied to the nostrils or birds.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perforate
adj 1: having a hole cut through; "pierced ears"; "a perforated
eardrum"; "a punctured balloon" [syn: pierced,
perforated, perforate, punctured]
v 1: make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation;
"perforate the sheets of paper" [syn: punch, perforate]
2: pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; "The
bullet penetrated her chest" [syn: penetrate, perforate]