perforate
verb /ˈpɜːfəreɪt/
/ˈpɜːrfəreɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they perforate | /ˈpɜːfəreɪt/ /ˈpɜːrfəreɪt/ |
| he / she / it perforates | /ˈpɜːfəreɪts/ /ˈpɜːrfəreɪts/ |
| past simple perforated | /ˈpɜːfəreɪtɪd/ /ˈpɜːrfəreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle perforated | /ˈpɜːfəreɪtɪd/ /ˈpɜːrfəreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form perforating | /ˈpɜːfəreɪtɪŋ/ /ˈpɜːrfəreɪtɪŋ/ |
- perforate something to make a hole or holes through something
- The explosion perforated his eardrum.
- a perforated line (= a row of small holes in paper, made so that a part can be torn off easily)
Word Originlate Middle English (as an adjective): from Latin perforat- ‘pierced through’, from the verb perforare, from per- ‘through’ + forare ‘pierce’.