Synonyms for perforate
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : verb pur-fuh-reyt; adjective pur-fer-it, -fuh-reyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : verb ˈpɜr fəˌreɪt; adjective ˈpɜr fər ɪt, -fəˌreɪt |
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Définition of perforate
Origin :- late 15c. (implied in perforated), a back-formation from perforation or else from Latin perforatus, past participle of perforare "to bore through, pierce through." Related: Perforating.
- verb make a hole in
- They perforate the nose and ears, and put various ornaments into them.
- Extract from : « Handbook to the new Gold-fields » by R. M. Ballantyne
- Sometimes it is content to perforate them with a multitude of little holes.
- Extract from : « Thunder and Lightning » by Camille Flammarion
- Their only resort, therefore, was to perforate it with their tomahawks.
- Extract from : « Great Events in the History of North and South America » by Charles A. Goodrich
- What if she perforate her big India-rubber ball with the points of the scissors?
- Extract from : « Folly as It Flies » by Fanny Fern
- There are some galleries which have taken more than 30 years to perforate.
- Extract from : « A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines » by Andrew Ure
- It is also advisable to perforate in the south face of the trunk.
- Extract from : « A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines » by Andrew Ure
- In case of a bore, you may retaliate, and perforate in your turn.
- Extract from : « Bentley's Miscellany, Volume II » by Various
- In the pelvis the acetabulum is perforate (in Echidna), as in Sauropsida.
- Extract from : « The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia » by Frank Evers Beddard
- They burst, as it were like a breaking wave, against the rocks that perforate the grass.
- Extract from : « The Alps » by Martin Conway
- This custom is only for the men, as the women do not perforate their faces, but only their ears.
- Extract from : « The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci » by Amerigo Vespucci
Antonyms for perforate
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