perforate

perforate
    adj 1: having a hole cut through; "pierced ears"; "a perforated
           eardrum"; "a punctured balloon" [syn: {pierced},
           {perforated}, {perforate}, {punctured}]
    v 1: make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation;
         "perforate the sheets of paper" [syn: {punch}, {perforate}]
    2: pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; "The
       bullet penetrated her chest" [syn: {penetrate}, {perforate}]
    

Perforate \Per"fo*rate\ (p[~e]r"f[-o]*r[asl]t), Perforated
\Per"fo*ra`ted\ (p[~e]r"f[-o]*r[=a]"t[e^]d), a.
   Pierced with a hole or holes, or with pores; having
   transparent dots resembling holes.
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Perforate \Per"fo*rate\ (p[~e]r"f[-o]*r[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p.
   p. {Perforated} (p[~e]r"f[-o]*r[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Perforating}.] [L. perforatus, p. p. of perforare to
   perforate; per through + forare to bore. See {Bore}, v.]
   To bore through; to pierce through with a pointed instrument;
   to make a hole or holes through by boring or piercing; to
   pierce or penetrate the surface of. --Bacon.
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Pervious \Per"vi*ous\, a. [L. pervis; per + via a way. See
   {Per-}, and {Voyage}.]
   1. Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another
      body or substance; permeable; as, a pervious soil.
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            [Doors] . . . pervious to winds, and open every way.
                                                  --Pope.
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   2. Capable of being penetrated, or seen through, by physical
      or mental vision. [R.]
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            God, whose secrets are pervious to no eye. --Jer.
                                                  Taylor.
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   3. Capable of penetrating or pervading. [Obs.] --Prior.
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   4. (Zool.) Open; -- used synonymously with {perforate}, as
      applied to the nostrils or birds.
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42 Moby Thesaurus words for "perforate":
      auger, bite, bore, broach, countersink, drill, drive, empierce,
      enter, fix, gore, gouge, gouge out, hole, honeycomb, impale, lance,
      needle, pass into, penetrate, pierce, pink, pit, prick, probe,
      punch, puncture, ream, ream out, riddle, run through, skewer,
      spear, spike, spit, stab, stick, tap, transfix, transpierce,
      trepan, trephine