"perforate" meaning in English

See perforate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈpəːfəreɪt/ Audio: en-us-perforate.ogg
Etymology: The adjective is first attested in 1425, in Middle English, the verb in 1538; from Middle English perforat(e) (“perforated, pierced”), borrowed from Latin perforātus, the perfect passive participle of perforō (“to bore or pierce through, to perforate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from per- (“through, thorough”) + forō (“to bore, pierce”). Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. Etymology templates: {{etydate/the|1425}} 1425, {{etydate|1425|nocap=1}} first attested in 1425, {{inh|en|enm|perforat|perforat(e)|t=perforated, pierced}} Middle English perforat(e) (“perforated, pierced”), {{der|en|la|perforātus}} Latin perforātus, {{glossary|perfect}} perfect, {{glossary|passive}} passive, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{af|en|-ate|id1=verb|pos1=verb-forming suffix}} -ate (verb-forming suffix), {{af|en|-ate|id1=adjective|pos1=adjective-forming suffix}} -ate (adjective-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} perforate (not comparable)
  1. (obsolete, as a participle) Perforated. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete
    Sense id: en-perforate-en-adj-rtaYYxij
  2. (obsolete, as a participial adjective) Perforated, having a hole. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete
    Sense id: en-perforate-en-adj-5NpurWR~
  3. (philately, biology) Perforated. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-perforate-en-adj-rtaYYxij1 Categories (other): Biology, Philately, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ate (adjective), English terms suffixed with -ate (verb), Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Santali translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 8 69 10 5 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (adjective): 15 13 47 16 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (verb): 15 13 47 16 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 14 56 11 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 16 15 46 13 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Basque translations: 14 13 53 11 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 12 11 61 9 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 14 13 53 11 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 10 9 67 8 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 13 53 11 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 14 13 53 11 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 14 13 53 11 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 13 12 60 9 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 14 13 53 11 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 14 13 53 12 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 12 11 62 9 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 14 13 53 11 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 14 13 51 11 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 12 11 62 9 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Santali translations: 14 13 53 11 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 14 12 59 9 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 15 13 53 11 8 Topics: biology, hobbies, lifestyle, natural-sciences, philately

Verb

IPA: /ˈpəːfəreɪt/ Audio: en-us-perforate.ogg Forms: perforates [present, singular, third-person], perforating [participle, present], perforated [participle, past], perforated [past]
Etymology: The adjective is first attested in 1425, in Middle English, the verb in 1538; from Middle English perforat(e) (“perforated, pierced”), borrowed from Latin perforātus, the perfect passive participle of perforō (“to bore or pierce through, to perforate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from per- (“through, thorough”) + forō (“to bore, pierce”). Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. Etymology templates: {{etydate/the|1425}} 1425, {{etydate|1425|nocap=1}} first attested in 1425, {{inh|en|enm|perforat|perforat(e)|t=perforated, pierced}} Middle English perforat(e) (“perforated, pierced”), {{der|en|la|perforātus}} Latin perforātus, {{glossary|perfect}} perfect, {{glossary|passive}} passive, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{af|en|-ate|id1=verb|pos1=verb-forming suffix}} -ate (verb-forming suffix), {{af|en|-ate|id1=adjective|pos1=adjective-forming suffix}} -ate (adjective-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-verb}} perforate (third-person singular simple present perforates, present participle perforating, simple past and past participle perforated)
  1. (transitive) To pierce; to penetrate. Tags: transitive Troponyms (to pierce, penetrate): drill, punch Translations (to pierce or penetrate): τετραίνω (tetraínō) (Ancient Greek), zulatu (Basque), пробивам (probivam) (Bulgarian), продупчвам (produpčvam) (Bulgarian), perforar (Catalan), perforere (Danish), rei’ittää (Finnish), lävistää (Finnish), puhkaista (Finnish), perforar (Galician), perforieren (German), διατρυπώ (diatrypó) (Greek), τρυπώ (trypó) (Greek), חוֹרֵר (khorér) (Hebrew), toll (Irish), terebrō (Latin), pokapoka (Maori), mōhukihuki (Maori), whao (Maori), tioka (Maori), perfurar (Portuguese), просве́рливать (prosvérlivatʹ) (Russian), проника́ть (pronikátʹ) (Russian), ᱨᱳᱜ (rok’) (Santali), perforar (Spanish), perforera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-perforate-en-verb-o0bqj4Ra Disambiguation of 'to pierce, penetrate': 96 4 Disambiguation of 'to pierce or penetrate': 96 4
  2. (transitive) To make a line of holes in (a thin material) to allow separation at the line. Tags: transitive Translations (to make a line of holes): перфорирам (perforiram) (Bulgarian), rei’ittää (Finnish), tīokaoka (Maori), kōwhaowhao (Maori), perfurar (Portuguese), перфори́ровать (perforírovatʹ) (Russian), perforera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-perforate-en-verb-hsplyiZc Disambiguation of 'to make a line of holes': 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: perforation, perforator, imperforate

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "perforation"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "perforator"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "imperforate"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "1425"
      },
      "expansion": "1425",
      "name": "etydate/the"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "1425",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "first attested in 1425",
      "name": "etydate"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "perforat",
        "4": "perforat(e)",
        "t": "perforated, pierced"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English perforat(e) (“perforated, pierced”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "perforātus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin perforātus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "perfect"
      },
      "expansion": "perfect",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "passive"
      },
      "expansion": "passive",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "participle"
      },
      "expansion": "participle",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-ate",
        "id1": "verb",
        "pos1": "verb-forming suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-ate (verb-forming suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-ate",
        "id1": "adjective",
        "pos1": "adjective-forming suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-ate (adjective-forming suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The adjective is first attested in 1425, in Middle English, the verb in 1538; from Middle English perforat(e) (“perforated, pierced”), borrowed from Latin perforātus, the perfect\npassive participle of perforō (“to bore or pierce through, to perforate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from per- (“through, thorough”) + forō (“to bore, pierce”). Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "perforates",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "perforating",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "perforated",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "perforated",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "perforate (third-person singular simple present perforates, present participle perforating, simple past and past participle perforated)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To pierce; to penetrate."
      ],
      "id": "en-perforate-en-verb-o0bqj4Ra",
      "links": [
        [
          "pierce",
          "pierce"
        ],
        [
          "penetrate",
          "penetrate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To pierce; to penetrate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
          "word": "zulatu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "probivam",
          "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
          "word": "пробивам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "produpčvam",
          "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
          "word": "продупчвам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
          "word": "perforar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
          "word": "perforere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
          "word": "rei’ittää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
          "word": "lävistää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
          "word": "puhkaista"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
          "word": "perforar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
          "word": "perforieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "diatrypó",
          "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
          "word": "διατρυπώ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "trypó",
          "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
          "word": "τρυπώ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "tetraínō",
          "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
          "word": "τετραίνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "khorér",
          "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
          "word": "חוֹרֵר"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
          "word": "toll"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
          "word": "terebrō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
          "word": "pokapoka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
          "word": "mōhukihuki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
          "word": "whao"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
          "word": "tioka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
          "word": "perfurar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prosvérlivatʹ",
          "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
          "word": "просве́рливать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pronikátʹ",
          "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
          "word": "проника́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "sat",
          "lang": "Santali",
          "roman": "rok’",
          "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
          "word": "ᱨᱳᱜ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
          "word": "perforar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
          "word": "perforera"
        }
      ],
      "troponyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "sense": "to pierce, penetrate",
          "word": "drill"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "sense": "to pierce, penetrate",
          "word": "punch"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "text": "to perforate a sheet of postage stamps",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make a line of holes in (a thin material) to allow separation at the line."
      ],
      "id": "en-perforate-en-verb-hsplyiZc",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To make a line of holes in (a thin material) to allow separation at the line."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "perforiram",
          "sense": "to make a line of holes",
          "word": "перфорирам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to make a line of holes",
          "word": "rei’ittää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to make a line of holes",
          "word": "tīokaoka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to make a line of holes",
          "word": "kōwhaowhao"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to make a line of holes",
          "word": "perfurar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "perforírovatʹ",
          "sense": "to make a line of holes",
          "word": "перфори́ровать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to make a line of holes",
          "word": "perforera"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpəːfəreɪt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-perforate.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/06/En-us-perforate.ogg/En-us-perforate.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/En-us-perforate.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Early Modern English",
    "Middle English"
  ],
  "word": "perforate"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "1425"
      },
      "expansion": "1425",
      "name": "etydate/the"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "1425",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "first attested in 1425",
      "name": "etydate"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "perforat",
        "4": "perforat(e)",
        "t": "perforated, pierced"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English perforat(e) (“perforated, pierced”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "perforātus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin perforātus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "perfect"
      },
      "expansion": "perfect",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "passive"
      },
      "expansion": "passive",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "participle"
      },
      "expansion": "participle",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-ate",
        "id1": "verb",
        "pos1": "verb-forming suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-ate (verb-forming suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-ate",
        "id1": "adjective",
        "pos1": "adjective-forming suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-ate (adjective-forming suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The adjective is first attested in 1425, in Middle English, the verb in 1538; from Middle English perforat(e) (“perforated, pierced”), borrowed from Latin perforātus, the perfect\npassive participle of perforō (“to bore or pierce through, to perforate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from per- (“through, thorough”) + forō (“to bore, pierce”). Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "perforate (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              24
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1626, Francis Bacon, Sylua Syluarum:",
          "text": "An Earthen Pot perforate at the Bottom to let in the Plant.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Perforated."
      ],
      "id": "en-perforate-en-adj-rtaYYxij",
      "links": [
        [
          "Perforated",
          "perforated"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, as a participle) Perforated."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "as a participle"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              73,
              82
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1541, Thomas Elyot, Image of Governance:",
          "text": "Suche abuses can not be longe hydde frome princis, that haue their eares perforate (as is the prouerbe).",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Perforated, having a hole."
      ],
      "id": "en-perforate-en-adj-5NpurWR~",
      "links": [
        [
          "Perforated",
          "perforated"
        ],
        [
          "hole",
          "hole"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, as a participial adjective) Perforated, having a hole."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "as a participial adjective"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Biology",
          "orig": "en:Biology",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Philately",
          "orig": "en:Philately",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 8 69 10 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 13 47 16 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ate (adjective)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 13 47 16 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ate (verb)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 14 56 11 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 15 46 13 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 13 53 11 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Basque translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 11 61 9 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 13 53 11 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 9 67 8 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Danish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 13 53 11 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 13 53 11 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Galician translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 13 53 11 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 12 60 9 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 13 53 11 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hebrew translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 13 53 12 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Irish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 11 62 9 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Latin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 13 53 11 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Maori translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 13 51 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 11 62 9 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 13 53 11 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Santali translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 12 59 9 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 13 53 11 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              80,
              89
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1999, Nguyen Van Dzu, Peter C. Boyce, Kew Bulletin, 54(2):379-393:",
          "text": "A species of remarkable appearance with mature leaf laminae often so profoundly perforate as to resemble a fragile net of tissue.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Perforated."
      ],
      "id": "en-perforate-en-adj-rtaYYxij1",
      "links": [
        [
          "philately",
          "philately"
        ],
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
        [
          "Perforated",
          "perforated"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(philately, biology) Perforated."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "natural-sciences",
        "philately"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpəːfəreɪt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-perforate.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/06/En-us-perforate.ogg/En-us-perforate.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/En-us-perforate.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Early Modern English",
    "Middle English"
  ],
  "word": "perforate"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms suffixed with -ate (adjective)",
    "English terms suffixed with -ate (verb)",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English verbs",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for review of Galician translations",
    "Requests for review of Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
    "Terms with Basque translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Santali translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "perforation"
    },
    {
      "word": "perforator"
    },
    {
      "word": "imperforate"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "1425"
      },
      "expansion": "1425",
      "name": "etydate/the"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "1425",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "first attested in 1425",
      "name": "etydate"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "perforat",
        "4": "perforat(e)",
        "t": "perforated, pierced"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English perforat(e) (“perforated, pierced”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "perforātus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin perforātus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "perfect"
      },
      "expansion": "perfect",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "passive"
      },
      "expansion": "passive",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "participle"
      },
      "expansion": "participle",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-ate",
        "id1": "verb",
        "pos1": "verb-forming suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-ate (verb-forming suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-ate",
        "id1": "adjective",
        "pos1": "adjective-forming suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-ate (adjective-forming suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The adjective is first attested in 1425, in Middle English, the verb in 1538; from Middle English perforat(e) (“perforated, pierced”), borrowed from Latin perforātus, the perfect\npassive participle of perforō (“to bore or pierce through, to perforate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from per- (“through, thorough”) + forō (“to bore, pierce”). Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "perforates",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "perforating",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "perforated",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "perforated",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "perforate (third-person singular simple present perforates, present participle perforating, simple past and past participle perforated)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pierce; to penetrate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pierce",
          "pierce"
        ],
        [
          "penetrate",
          "penetrate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To pierce; to penetrate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "text": "to perforate a sheet of postage stamps",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make a line of holes in (a thin material) to allow separation at the line."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To make a line of holes in (a thin material) to allow separation at the line."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpəːfəreɪt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-perforate.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/06/En-us-perforate.ogg/En-us-perforate.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/En-us-perforate.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
      "word": "zulatu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "probivam",
      "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
      "word": "пробивам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "produpčvam",
      "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
      "word": "продупчвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
      "word": "perforar"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
      "word": "perforere"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
      "word": "rei’ittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
      "word": "lävistää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
      "word": "puhkaista"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
      "word": "perforar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
      "word": "perforieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diatrypó",
      "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
      "word": "διατρυπώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "trypó",
      "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
      "word": "τρυπώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "tetraínō",
      "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
      "word": "τετραίνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "khorér",
      "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
      "word": "חוֹרֵר"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
      "word": "toll"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
      "word": "terebrō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
      "word": "pokapoka"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
      "word": "mōhukihuki"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
      "word": "whao"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
      "word": "tioka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
      "word": "perfurar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prosvérlivatʹ",
      "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
      "word": "просве́рливать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pronikátʹ",
      "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
      "word": "проника́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sat",
      "lang": "Santali",
      "roman": "rok’",
      "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
      "word": "ᱨᱳᱜ"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
      "word": "perforar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to pierce or penetrate",
      "word": "perforera"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "perforiram",
      "sense": "to make a line of holes",
      "word": "перфорирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make a line of holes",
      "word": "rei’ittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make a line of holes",
      "word": "tīokaoka"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make a line of holes",
      "word": "kōwhaowhao"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make a line of holes",
      "word": "perfurar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "perforírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to make a line of holes",
      "word": "перфори́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make a line of holes",
      "word": "perforera"
    }
  ],
  "troponyms": [
    {
      "sense": "to pierce, penetrate",
      "word": "drill"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to pierce, penetrate",
      "word": "punch"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Early Modern English",
    "Middle English"
  ],
  "word": "perforate"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms suffixed with -ate (adjective)",
    "English terms suffixed with -ate (verb)",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English verbs",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for review of Galician translations",
    "Requests for review of Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
    "Terms with Basque translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Santali translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "1425"
      },
      "expansion": "1425",
      "name": "etydate/the"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "1425",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "first attested in 1425",
      "name": "etydate"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "perforat",
        "4": "perforat(e)",
        "t": "perforated, pierced"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English perforat(e) (“perforated, pierced”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "perforātus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin perforātus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "perfect"
      },
      "expansion": "perfect",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "passive"
      },
      "expansion": "passive",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "participle"
      },
      "expansion": "participle",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-ate",
        "id1": "verb",
        "pos1": "verb-forming suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-ate (verb-forming suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-ate",
        "id1": "adjective",
        "pos1": "adjective-forming suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-ate (adjective-forming suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The adjective is first attested in 1425, in Middle English, the verb in 1538; from Middle English perforat(e) (“perforated, pierced”), borrowed from Latin perforātus, the perfect\npassive participle of perforō (“to bore or pierce through, to perforate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from per- (“through, thorough”) + forō (“to bore, pierce”). Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "perforate (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              24
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1626, Francis Bacon, Sylua Syluarum:",
          "text": "An Earthen Pot perforate at the Bottom to let in the Plant.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Perforated."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Perforated",
          "perforated"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, as a participle) Perforated."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "as a participle"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              73,
              82
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1541, Thomas Elyot, Image of Governance:",
          "text": "Suche abuses can not be longe hydde frome princis, that haue their eares perforate (as is the prouerbe).",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Perforated, having a hole."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Perforated",
          "perforated"
        ],
        [
          "hole",
          "hole"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, as a participial adjective) Perforated, having a hole."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "as a participial adjective"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Biology",
        "en:Philately"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              80,
              89
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1999, Nguyen Van Dzu, Peter C. Boyce, Kew Bulletin, 54(2):379-393:",
          "text": "A species of remarkable appearance with mature leaf laminae often so profoundly perforate as to resemble a fragile net of tissue.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Perforated."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "philately",
          "philately"
        ],
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
        [
          "Perforated",
          "perforated"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(philately, biology) Perforated."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "natural-sciences",
        "philately"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpəːfəreɪt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-perforate.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/06/En-us-perforate.ogg/En-us-perforate.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/En-us-perforate.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Early Modern English",
    "Middle English"
  ],
  "word": "perforate"
}

Download raw JSONL data for perforate meaning in English (12.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (5ee713e and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.