Definition for Perforate:

• p[. e]r'f[= o]- r[= a]t, v.t. to bore through: to pierce: to make a hole through.-- adj. PER'FORABLE, capable of being perforated.-- n. PER'FORANS, the long flexor muscle of the toes, or the deep flexor muscle of the fingers.-- adjs. PER'FORANT, perforating; PER'FORATE, - D ( bot.), pierced with holes: having transparent dots, as the leaves of certain flowers.-- n. PERFOR[= A]' TION, act of boring through: a hole through or into anything.-- adj. PER'FOR[= A]TIVE, having power to pierce.-- ns. PER'FOR[= A]TOR, one who bores, or an instrument for boring; PER'FOR[= A]TUS, the short flexor of the toes, or the superficial flexor of the fingers. [ L. perfor[= a]re, -[= a]tum-- per, through, for[= a]re, to bore.]

Synonyms for Perforate:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • perforate.

• n.

  •
  • break,
  • gap.
  •
  • enter.
  •drill (noun)
  • slit,
  • stab.

• v.

  •bore (verb)
  • gouging out.
  •burst (verb)
  • dis-integrated,
  • dis charged,
  • rended asunder,
  • dis charging,
  • rends asunder,
  • dis-integrates,
  • tears apart,
  • dis integrate,
  • dis charge,
  • gushed forth,
  • dis-charges,
  • rending asunder,
  • gushing forth,
  • flies open,
  • dis-integrating,
  • rent asunder,
  • flew open,
  • gushes forth,
  • tare apart,
  • dis-charged,
  • dis integrated,
  • dis-charge,
  • dis integrates,
  • dis charges,
  • flying open,
  • dis integrating,
  • dis-charging,
  • dis-integrate.
  •cut (verb)
  • be-headed,
  • dis-patching,
  • dis-sever,
  • dis patched,
  • Sabered,
  • dis-patches,
  • be headed,
  • Sabering,
  • chining,
  • re-aped,
  • dis-severed,
  • dis patch,
  • be-heading,
  • facetting,
  • dis-patch,
  • dis-severing,
  • Flitching,
  • be heads,
  • be-heads,
  • dis sever,
  • dis-patched,
  • dis patches,
  • dis severing,
  • Flitched,
  • re aping,
  • dis-severs,
  • be heading,
  • dis severed,
  • dis severs,
  • re-aping,
  • dis patching,
  • lays open,
  • re aped.
  •dent (verb)
  • in dents,
  • in dent,
  • in-denting,
  • made concave,
  • presses in,
  • in-dent,
  • in denting,
  • makes concave,
  • pressed in,
  • in-dented,
  • pushing in,
  • pressing in,
  • in-dents,
  • making concave,
  • pushes in,
  • pushed in,
  • in dented.
  •drill (verb)
  • sinks in,
  • sunk in,
  • sank in.
  •penetrate (verb)
  • in sinuates,
  • sinking in to,
  • sticked in to,
  • making a hole,
  • made an entrance,
  • made hole,
  • filtered in,
  • intro-duce,
  • sticked into,
  • filtering in,
  • in sinuated,
  • running in to,
  • in sinuating,
  • make entrance,
  • runs in to,
  • sunk in to,
  • stuck into,
  • breezed in,
  • makes a hole,
  • blows in,
  • sinks in to,
  • popping in,
  • pro bed,
  • pro-bed,
  • making hole,
  • in filtrated,
  • making entrance,
  • blew in,
  • breezing in,
  • in-sinuates,
  • in-sinuating,
  • made entrance,
  • in-filtrating,
  • in-filtrated,
  • pops in,
  • in sert,
  • run in to,
  • ran in to,
  • sunk into,
  • sink in to,
  • stick in to,
  • in-sert,
  • in-filtrates,
  • made a hole,
  • sticks in to,
  • in filtrates,
  • sinks into,
  • filters in,
  • intro duces,
  • sticks into,
  • makes entrance,
  • in-filtrate,
  • stuck in to,
  • sank in to,
  • in filtrate,
  • intro-duces,
  • eating through,
  • makes an entrance,
  • intro duce,
  • in filtrating,
  • eats through,
  • makes hole,
  • in-sinuate,
  • sticking into,
  • breezes in,
  • sinking into,
  • sank into,
  • ate through,
  • making an entrance,
  • in sinuate,
  • sticking in to.
  •perforate (verb)
  • point,
  • stick,
  • spike,
  • poke,
  • lance,
  • skewer,
  • spear,
  • needle.
  •pierce (verb)
  • broke through,
  • brake through,
  • cracks open,
  • cracking open,
  • breaks through.
  •puncture (verb)
  • goes flat,
  • cuts through,
  • went flat,
  • going flat,
  • cutting through.
  •tap (verb)
  • un plugging,
  • drew forth,
  • drew off,
  • un plugged,
  • un plugs,
  • un-plugged,
  • unstoppering,
  • un-plug,
  • un-stopper,
  • un plug,
  • un-plugging,
  • un stoppering,
  • unstoppers,
  • un-stoppering,
  • un stopper,
  • un-plugs,
  • un stoppered,
  • draws off,
  • un-stoppers,
  • un-stoppered,
  • un stoppers,
  • draws forth.

• Other synonyms:

  •bore
  • Reamed,
  • gouge out,
  • gouged out,
  • Reaming,
  • gouges out,
  • Sank.
  •dent
  • ridge,
  • imprint,
  • Gouging,
  • Furrowing,
  • make concave,
  • Dinted,
  • ridged,
  • Ridging,
  • furrowed,
  • Dimpling,
  • push in,
  • dimpled,
  • Dinting,
  • press in.

Antonyms for Perforate:

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    rough.

• v.

  • make a hole in
    close, close up.
  • Other antonyms:
    plug, fill, uncut, seal, patch.

Hyponym for Perforate:

• v.

  • contact
    pierce.