perforate
Make holes in
To perforate is to make holes through something, typically in a pattern or series: Perforate the paper along the fold for easy tearing.
Perforated sheets, stamps, and tickets have rows of small holes allowing clean separation.
Medical conditions can perforate organs—a perforated eardrum, a perforated ulcer.
The adjective perforated describes anything with holes punched through it.
Hole from penetration
- punchStrike with fist
- boreTiresome individual or drill
- drillHole-boring device
- penetrateEnter or pass through
prick · needle · skewer · impale · stab · lance · hole · aperture
Strike with fist
- awlPointed piercing implement
- die-cutShaped by blade press
- embossRaise design from surface
- paperPressed pulp for writing
leather · ticket · coupon · scoring · tearaway · detachable · stencil · template
Having window-like openings
Interlocking open weave
- porousAllowing passage of fluids
- ventilationCirculation of fresh air
- breathablePermits air passage
- permeabilityAbility to transmit fluids
screen · sieve · filter · gauze · openwork · lattice · grille · strainer
Controlled cut into tissue
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
- biopsyTissue sample for diagnosis
- trepanationSurgical skull perforation
- lancetSmall surgical knife
laparoscopy · endoscopy · arthroscopy · trocar · cannula · suture · sterile · resection
puncture
Hole from penetration
penetrate · prick · needle · skewer · impale · stab · lance · hole · aperture · opening
punch
Strike with fist
paper · leather · ticket · coupon · scoring · tearaway · detachable · stencil · template · chisel
fenestrate
Having window-like openings
mesh
Interlocking open weave
- porousAllowing passage of fluids
- ventilationCirculation of fresh air
- breathablePermits air passage
permeability · screen · sieve · filter · gauze · openwork · lattice · grille · strainer · aerated
incision
Controlled cut into tissue
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
- biopsyTissue sample for diagnosis
- trepanationSurgical skull perforation
lancet · laparoscopy · endoscopy · arthroscopy · trocar · cannula · suture · sterile · resection · excision
postage
Fee for mailing
- philatelyStudy of postal stamps
- sheetFlat rectangular material
- separationState of being apart
tearing · margin · gauge · roulette · coil · pane · denomination · gummed · collector · album
- piercingpierce, piercing, puncture, puncturing, stab
- cutting techniquesblunt cut, razor cut, diagonal cut, slice, dice
- cuttingslicing, slice, chopping, dice, dicing
- printing termsinkjet, print, laser printing, press, toner
- aerateoxygenate, ventilate, carbonate, fan, bubble
- foraminiferatest, chamber, aperture, septa, septum
- perforated eardrumHole in hearing membrane
perforation, perforated, perforations, perforating, perforates, perforator, unperforated, perforators