dictionary definitions for "perforated"


From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  perforated
      adj 1: having a hole cut through; "pierced ears"; "a perforated
             eardrum"; "a punctured balloon" [syn: pierced,
             perforated, perforate, punctured]
      2: having a number or series of holes; "a perforated steel
         plate"; "perforated cancellation"; "perforated stamp"

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.
     [1913 Webster]

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.
     [1913 Webster] Perforate


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