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