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View definitions for perforate

perforate

verb as in make a hole in

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Example Sentences

The stars in this specimen are more numerous, and do not perforate.

The remainder of the thoracic surface is covered with a tough breast-plate which the sting would perhaps fail to perforate.

The 2nd or 1851 issue, as it is called in the circular, actually consisted of two series, the imperforate and perforate.

When the hypha of a uredine attacks a cell it is unable to perforate it with its whole diameter.

In this manner the embryos perforate the walls of the digestive tube.

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On this page you'll find 35 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to perforate, such as: puncture, bore, drill, drive, hole, and honeycomb.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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