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.
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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.
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Pervious \Per"vi*ous\, a. [L. pervis; per + via a way. See
Per-, and Voyage.]
1. Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another
body or substance; permeable; as, a pervious soil.
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[Doors] . . . pervious to winds, and open every way.
--Pope.
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2. Capable of being penetrated, or seen through, by physical
or mental vision. [R.]
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God, whose secrets are pervious to no eye. --Jer.
Taylor.
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3. Capable of penetrating or pervading. [Obs.] --Prior.
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4. (Zool.) Open; -- used synonymously with perforate, as
applied to the nostrils or birds.
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perforate
adj : having a hole cut through; "pierced ears"; "a perforated
eardrum"; "a punctured balloon" [syn: pierced, perforated,
punctured]
v 1: make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation;
"perforate the sheets of paper" [syn: punch]
2: pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; "The
bullet penetrated her chest" [syn: penetrate]
WordNet (r) 2.0
42 Moby Thesaurus words for "perforate":
auger, bite, bore, broach, countersink, drill, drive, empierce,
enter, fix, gore, gouge, gouge out, hole, honeycomb, impale, lance,
needle, pass into, penetrate, pierce, pink, pit, prick, probe,
punch, puncture, ream, ream out, riddle, run through, skewer,
spear, spike, spit, stab, stick, tap, transfix, transpierce,
trepan, trephine
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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