perforate

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English

Etymology

From Latin perforō (“I bore or pierce through; I perforate”), from per- (“through, thorough”) + forō (“I bore, I pierce”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpəːfəreɪt/
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Verb

perforate (third-person singular simple present perforates, present participle perforating, simple past and past participle perforated)

  1. (transitive) To pierce; to penetrate.
  2. (transitive) To make a line of holes in (a thin material) to allow separation at the line.
    to perforate a sheet of postage stamps

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Adjective

perforate (not comparable)

  1. (philately, biology) perforated
    • 1999, Nguyen Van Dzu, Peter C. Boyce, Kew Bulletin, 54(2):379-393:
      A species of remarkable appearance with mature leaf laminae often so profoundly perforate as to resemble a fragile net of tissue.

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Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

perforate

  1. inflection of perforare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

perforate f pl

  1. feminine plural of perforato

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Latin

Verb

perforāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of perforō

Spanish

Verb

perforate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of perforar combined with te
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