Yahoo India Web Search

Sign In

Search results

  1. Dictionary
    perforate

    verb

    • 1. pierce and make a hole or holes in: "there is a very small risk of the scope perforating the colon"

    adjective

    • 1. perforated: "a perforate shell"

    Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

    More definitions, origin and scrabble points

  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › perforatePERFORATE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Perforate means to make a hole or holes in something. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and translations in other languages.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › perforatePerforate Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Learn the meaning, synonyms, examples, and history of the verb perforate, which means to make a hole through or to penetrate a surface. See also the medical and kids definitions of perforate.

  4. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › perforatePerforate - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    When you perforate something, you make a hole in it, like when you poke holes in a piece of aluminum foil to let steam escape while something is cooking. The word perforate has origins in the Latin word perforatus, the past participle of perforare, meaning “to bore through.”.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › perforatePERFORATE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Perforate definition: to make a hole or holes through by boring, punching, piercing, or the like.. See examples of PERFORATE used in a sentence.

  6. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definitionperforate verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and ...

    perforate something to make a hole or holes through something The explosion perforated his eardrum. a perforated line (= a row of small holes in paper, made so that a part can be torn off easily)

  7. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › perforatePERFORATE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    Perforate means to make a hole or holes in something, or to pierce with holes in a row. Learn more about the word origin, usage, and related terms from Collins English Dictionary.

  8. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › perforatePERFORATE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    Perforate means to make a hole or holes in something. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts, see sample sentences and find out how to say it in other languages.