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perforate en · ADJ

Etymology

The adjective is first attested in 1425, in Middle English, the verb in 1538; from Middle English perforat(e) (“perforated, pierced”), borrowed from Latin perforātus, the perfect passive participle of perforō (“to bore or pierce through, to perforate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from per- (“through, thorough”) + forō (“to bore, pierce”). Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.

Meanings

1. (Received-Pronunciation) IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ˈpɜː.fə.ɹət/
2. (as a participle, not-comparable, obsolete) Perforated.
   • An Earthen Pot perforate at the Bottom to let in the Plant. 1626, Francis Bacon, Sylua Syluarum:
   • A species of remarkable appearance with mature leaf laminae often so profoundly perforate as to resemble a fragile net of tissue. 1999, Nguyen Van Dzu, Peter C. Boyce, Kew Bulletin, 54(2):379-393:
3. (as a participial adjective, not-comparable, obsolete) Perforated, having a hole.
   • Suche abuses can not be longe hydde frome princis, that haue their eares perforate (as is the prouerbe). 1541, Thomas Elyot, Image of Governance:
4. (General-American) IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ˈpɝ.fɚ.ət/

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perforate en · VERB

Etymology

The adjective is first attested in 1425, in Middle English, the verb in 1538; from Middle English perforat(e) (“perforated, pierced”), borrowed from Latin perforātus, the perfect passive participle of perforō (“to bore or pierce through, to perforate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from per- (“through, thorough”) + forō (“to bore, pierce”). Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.

Meanings

1. (Received-Pronunciation) IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ˈpɜː.fə.ɹeɪt/
2. (transitive) To pierce; to penetrate.
3. (transitive) To make a line of holes in (a thin material) to allow separation at the line.
   • to perforate a sheet of postage stamps
4. (General-American) IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ˈpɝ.fɚ.eɪt/
5. Audio (US): (file)

Forms

Deriveds

reperforate · perforation · imperforate · perforately · nonperforating · perforator · unperforate · macroperforate · multiperforate · microperforate · biperforate · subperforate · perforin

Relateds

punch (to pierce, penetrate) · drill (to pierce, penetrate)

Synonyms

hole

Translations (35)

da perforere (to pierce or penetrate) · mi kōwhaowhao (to make a line of holes) · mi whao (to pierce or penetrate) · sat ᱨᱳᱜ (to pierce or penetrate) · fi puhkaista (to pierce or penetrate) · mi tioka (to pierce or penetrate) · fi rei’ittää (to make a line of holes) · he חוֹרֵר (to pierce or penetrate) · fi lävistää (to pierce or penetrate) · ru проника́ть (to pierce or penetrate) · pt perfurar (to make a line of holes) · ga toll (to pierce or penetrate) · mi mōhukihuki (to pierce or penetrate) · bg перфорирам (to make a line of holes) · gl perforar (to pierce or penetrate) · la terebrō (to pierce or penetrate) · sv perforera (to make a line of holes) · bg продупчвам (to pierce or penetrate) · cmn 貫穿 /贯穿 (to pierce or penetrate) · eu zulatu (to pierce or penetrate) · grc τετραίνω (to pierce or penetrate) · de durchstechen (to pierce or penetrate) · mi tīokaoka (to make a line of holes) · ca perforar (to pierce or penetrate) · el τρυπώ (to pierce or penetrate) · es perforar (to pierce or penetrate) · el διατρυπώ (to pierce or penetrate) · ru просве́рливать (to pierce or penetrate) · pt perfurar (to pierce or penetrate) · fi rei’ittää (to pierce or penetrate) · mi pokapoka (to pierce or penetrate) · sv perforera (to pierce or penetrate) · ru перфори́ровать (to make a line of holes) · de perforieren (to pierce or penetrate) · bg пробивам (to pierce or penetrate)

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