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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

Dictionary Results for perforate:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

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]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   [1913 Webster] Perforate

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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