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perforated

   Also found in: Medical, Legal, Acronyms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.02 sec.
per·fo·ra·ted  (pûrf-rtd)
adj.
Having a hole or holes, especially a row of small holes.

perforated [ˈpɜːfəˌreɪtɪd]
adj
1. pierced with one or more holes
2. (Non-sporting Hobbies / Philately) (esp of stamps) having perforations Abbreviation perf
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.perforated - having a hole cut through; "pierced ears"; "a perforated eardrum"; "a punctured balloon"
cut - separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument; "the cut surface was mottled"; "cut tobacco"; "blood from his cut forehead"; "bandages on her cut wrists"
2.perforated - having a number or series of holes; "a perforated steel plate"; "perforated cancellation"; "perforated stamp"
cut - separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument; "the cut surface was mottled"; "cut tobacco"; "blood from his cut forehead"; "bandages on her cut wrists"
Translations
perforated [ˈpɜːfəreɪtɪd]
A. ADJ [stamp] → dentado
B. CPD perforated line Nlínea f perforada
perforated ulcer N (Med) → úlcera f perforada
perforated [ˈpɜːrfəreɪtɪd] adj [eardrum, bowel] → perforé(e)
[plastic, metal] → perforé(e)
perforated ulcer nulcère perforé


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He was only a young man, and a dandy at that, his face blackened with charcoal, his hair whitened with wood-ashes, with the freshly severed tail of a wild pig thrust through his perforated nose, and two more thrust through his ears.
As I had asked for a night-light, the chamberlain had brought me in, before he left me, the good old constitutional rush-light of those virtuous days - an object like the ghost of a walking-cane, which instantly broke its back if it were touched, which nothing could ever be lighted at, and which was placed in solitary confinement at the bottom of a high tin tower, perforated with round holes that made a staringly wide-awake pattern on the walls.
The lonely bay of Nukuheva, dotted here and there with the black hulls of the vessels composing the French squadron, lay reposing at the base of a circular range of elevations, whose verdant sides, perforated with deep glens or diversified with smiling valleys, formed altogether the loveliest view I ever beheld, and were I to live a hundred years, I shall never forget the feeling of admiration which I then experienced.
 
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