perforate

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Verb

perforate (perforates, present participle perforating; past and past participle perforated)

1. (transitive) To pierce; to penetrate.
2. (transitive) To make a line of holes in (a thin material) to allow separation at the line.

   to perforate a sheet of postage stamps

Translations

• German: perforieren
• Portuguese: perfurar
• Russian: просве́рливать
• Spanish: perforar

Translations

• Portuguese: perfurar
• Russian: перфори́ровать

Adjective

perforate (not comparable)

1. (philately, biology) perforated
   • 1999 Nguyen Van Dzu and Peter C. Boyce. Kew Bulletin 54(2):379-393.

     A species of remarkable appearance with mature leaf laminae often so profoundly perforate as to resemble a fragile net of tissue.

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