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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation;
- Example: "perforate the sheets of paper"
[syn: punch, perforate]

2. pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance;
- Example: "The bullet penetrated her chest"
[syn: penetrate, perforate]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. having a hole cut through;
- Example: "pierced ears"
- Example: "a perforated eardrum"
- Example: "a punctured balloon"
[syn: pierced, perforated, perforate, punctured]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] [Doors] . . . pervious to winds, and open every way. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. Capable of being penetrated, or seen through, by physical or mental vision. [R.] [1913 Webster] God, whose secrets are pervious to no eye. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 3. Capable of penetrating or pervading. [Obs.] --Prior. [1913 Webster] 4. (Zool.) Open; -- used synonymously with perforate, as applied to the nostrils or birds. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

perforate adj 1: having a hole cut through; "pierced ears"; "a perforated eardrum"; "a punctured balloon" [syn: pierced, perforated, perforate, punctured] v 1: make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation; "perforate the sheets of paper" [syn: punch, perforate] 2: pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; "The bullet penetrated her chest" [syn: penetrate, perforate]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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