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PERFORATE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a hole cut through

Example:

a punctured balloon

Synonyms:

perforate; perforated; pierced; punctured

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

cut (separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance

Example:

The bullet penetrated her chest

Synonyms:

penetrate; perforate

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "perforate" is one way to...):

come in; enter; get in; get into; go in; go into; move into (to come or go into)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "perforate"):

ooze through (run slowly and gradually)

force; storm (take by force)

immerse; plunge (thrust or throw into)

grain; ingrain (thoroughly work in)

filter; percolate; permeate; sink in (pass through)

tunnel (force a way through)

pierce (cut or make a way through)

pierce; thrust (penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument)

pierce (make a hole into)

honeycomb (penetrate thoroughly and into every part)

diffuse; imbue; interpenetrate; penetrate; permeate; pervade; riddle (spread or diffuse through)

creep in; sneak in (enter surreptitiously)

poke into (enter briefly)

foray (briefly enter enemy territory)

break (pierce or penetrate)

strike (pierce with force)

interpenetrate; permeate (penetrate mutually or be interlocked)

cut (penetrate injuriously)

dig into; poke into; probe (examine physically with or as if with a probe)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

perforation (a hole made in something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation

Example:

perforate the sheets of paper

Synonyms:

perforate; punch

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "perforate" is one way to...):

pierce (make a hole into)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

perforation (the act of punching a hole (especially a row of holes as for ease of separation))

perforation (a line of small holes for tearing at a particular place)

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