perforate

IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ˈpɜː.fə.ɹeɪt/Received-Pronunciation

IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ˈpɝ.fɚ.eɪt/General-American

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IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ˈpɜː.fə.ɹət/Received-Pronunciation

IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ˈpɝ.fɚ.ət/General-American

To pierce; to penetrate.transitive

To make a line of holes in (a thin material) to allow separation at the line.transitive

• to perforate a sheet of postage stamps

Perforated.not-comparableobsolete

• An Earthen Pot perforate at the Bottom to let in the Plant.

Perforated, having a hole.not-comparableobsolete

• Suche abuses can not be longe hydde frome princis, that haue their eares perforate (as is the prouerbe).

Perforated.not-comparable

• A species of remarkable appearance with mature leaf laminae often so profoundly perforate as to resemble a fragile net of tissue.