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to perforate
01
to create a series of holes in something, typically for the purpose of making separation or tearing easier
Transitive: to perforate paper or packaging
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
perforate
3rd person singular
perforates
Present participle
perforating
Past simple
perforated
Past participle
perforated
Examples
The cashier perforated the receipt for easy tearing.
02
to pass or penetrate into something
Transitive: to perforate sth
Examples
The needle perforated the fabric as she sewed the button onto the shirt.
perforate
01
having a hole cut through
Grammatical Information
Composition
past participle adjective
qualitative
Superlative
most perforate
Comparative
more perforate
gradable
Lexical Tree
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