What does perforate mean?
Perforate means (transitive) To pierce; to penetrate..
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/ˈpəːfəreɪt/ · verb
(transitive) To pierce; to penetrate..
to perforate a sheet of postage stamps
An Earthen Pot perforate at the Bottom to let in the Plant.
Suche abuses can not be longe hydde frome princis, that haue their eares perforate (as is the prouerbe).
A species of remarkable appearance with mature leaf laminae often so profoundly perforate as to resemble a fragile net of tissue.
Use perforate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Perforate means (transitive) To pierce; to penetrate..
Common synonyms include cut, punch, perforated, pierced.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
to perforate a sheet of postage stamps
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