Perforate - English meaning

Perforate – definitions in English dictionary

verb
Pierce and make a hole or holes in.
Usage examples:
There is a very small risk of the scope perforating the colon
Synonims:
Pierce Penetrate Enter Puncture Prick Bore through Riddle Hole Make/punch/put holes in

adjective
Perforated.
Usage examples:
A perforate shell

Perforate translation into English

Perforate: translate from English into Chinese

穿孔, 刺穿

Perforate: translate from English into Dutch

Perforeren, Geperforeerd, Doorboren

Perforate: translate from English into French

Perforer, Percer, Poinçonner, Pénétrer, Denteler

Perforate: translate from English into German

Perforieren, Durchlöchern, Lochen, Durchbrechen, Zähnen

Perforate: translate from English into Hindi

छिद्रित, छेदना, भेधना, सालना, छेद डालना, बींधना, आर-पार जाना, छेद करना

Perforate: translate from English into Italian

Perforare

Perforate: translate from English into Korean

구멍을 뚫다, 구멍이 난, ...에 구멍을 뚫다, 점선 구멍을 내다, 종이에 점선 구멍을 내다, 구멍이 나다

Perforate: translate from English into Russian

Перфорировать, Перфорированный, Просверливать, Проникать, Пробивать отверстие, Пробуравливать

Perforate: translate from English into Spanish

Perforar, Perforarse, Penetrar

Word origin

late Middle English (as an adjective): from Latin perforat- ‘pierced through’, from the verb perforare, from per- ‘through’ + forare ‘pierce’.

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Perforate – similar words

perforated

adjective
Pierced with a hole or holes.
Usage examples:
The walls are clad in perforated leather panels

verb
Pierce and make a hole or holes in.
Usage examples:
There is a very small risk of the scope perforating the colon

adjective
(of a surface) having a hole or holes in it
Usage examples:
He was taken to the hospital to have emergency surgery for a perforated stomach ulcer.

Perforated - all meanings in English

perforant

adjective
Perforating; specifically (anatomy) designating blood vessels that perforate other structures.

Perforant - all meanings in English

perforable

adjective
That can be perforated or penetrated.

Perforable - all meanings in English

Perforate synonims

enter

verb
Come or go into (a place).
Usage examples:
She entered the kitchen

noun
A key on a computer keyboard which is used to perform various functions, such as executing a command or selecting options on a menu.
Usage examples:
The games are rather shallow and require only the use of the four arrow keys and the enter key on y…

verb
To come or go into

Enter - all meanings in English

hole

noun
A hollow place in a solid body or surface.
Usage examples:
The dog had dug a hole in the ground

verb
Make a hole or holes in.
Usage examples:
A fuel tank was holed by the attack and a fire started

Hole - all meanings in English

penetrate

verb
Go into or through (something), especially with force or effort.
Usage examples:
The shrapnel had penetrated his head

verb
Pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance

verb
To move into or through something
Usage examples:
[ i ] the drill isn’t sharp enough to penetrate into the rock., [ t ] women have begun to penetrate…

Penetrate - all meanings in English

pierce

verb
(of a sharp pointed object) go into or through (something).
Usage examples:
A splinter had pierced the skin

verb
To go in or through something, esp. with a pointed object, making a hole
Usage examples:
Pierce the potatoes with a fork to see if they’re done., she got her ears pierced.

Pierce - all meanings in English

prick

verb
Make a small hole in (something) with a sharp point; pierce slightly.
Usage examples:
Prick the potatoes with a fork

noun
An act of piercing something with a sharp point.
Usage examples:
The pin prick had produced a drop of blood

verb
To make a small hole or holes in the surface of something
Usage examples:
The nurse pricked his finger to draw blood.

Prick - all meanings in English

puncture

noun
A small hole in a tyre resulting in an escape of air.
Usage examples:
She was on her way home when she had a puncture

verb
Make a puncture in (something).
Usage examples:
One of the knife blows had punctured a lung

noun
A small hole made by a sharp object

Puncture - all meanings in English

riddle

noun
A question or statement intentionally phrased so as to require ingenuity in ascertaining its answer or meaning.
Usage examples:
They started asking riddles and telling jokes

verb
Speak in or pose riddles.
Usage examples:
He who knows not how to riddle

noun
A large coarse sieve, especially one used for separating ashes from cinders or sand from gravel.
Usage examples:
For inside the mill, the shelling stones began to turn, the riddles (large-meshed sieves) rhythmica…

Riddle - all meanings in English

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