PERFORATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does perforate mean?
• PERFORATE (adjective)
The adjective PERFORATE has 1 sense:
1. having a hole cut through
Familiarity information: PERFORATE used as an adjective is very rare.
• PERFORATE (verb)
The verb PERFORATE has 2 senses:
1. make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation
2. pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance
Familiarity information: PERFORATE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PERFORATE (adjective)
Meaning:
Having a hole cut through
Synonyms:
perforate; perforated; pierced; punctured
Context examples:
pierced ears / a perforated eardrum / a punctured balloon
Similar:
cut (separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument)
• PERFORATE (verb)
Meaning:
Make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
perforate; punch
Context example:
perforate the sheets of paper
Hypernyms (to "perforate" is one way to...):
pierce (make a hole into)
Sentence frames:
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Meaning:
Pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
penetrate; perforate
Context example:
The bullet penetrated her chest
Hypernyms (to "perforate" is one way to...):
come in; enter; get in; get into; go in; go into; move into (to come or go into)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "perforate"):
dig into; poke into; probe (examine physically with or as if with a probe)
force; storm (take by force)
immerse; plunge (thrust or throw into)
grain; ingrain (thoroughly work in)
filter; percolate; permeate; sink in (pass through)
tunnel (force a way through)
pierce (cut or make a way through)
pierce; thrust (penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument)
pierce (make a hole into)
honeycomb (penetrate thoroughly and into every part)
diffuse; imbue; interpenetrate; penetrate; permeate; pervade; riddle (spread or diffuse through)
creep in; sneak in (enter surreptitiously)
poke into (enter briefly)
foray (briefly enter enemy territory)
break (pierce or penetrate)
strike (pierce with force)
interpenetrate; permeate (penetrate mutually or be interlocked)
cut (penetrate injuriously)
ooze through (run slowly and gradually)
Sentence frames:
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