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Wednesday, July 4, 2012

November 13, 2012
perforate • verb and adjective

When you perforate something, you make a hole in it, like when you poke holes in a piece of aluminum foil to let steam escape while something is cooking.

The word perforate has origins in the Latin word perforatus, the past participle of perforare, meaning “to bore through.” When you perforate something that’s essentially what you do: you bore through it, or punch a hole or holes in it like paper you perforate to fit the rings on your binder, or a leather belt that has been perforated with holes so that you can buckle it.
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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 23, 2012 at 2:18 PM

    Marcelo Coppola (Foster) P;5&6
    When i go to sedanos, i perforate the plastic on the water bottles.

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  2. AnonymousNovember 6, 2012 at 5:25 PM

    paula bodan
    ms.foster
    per 5&6

    when i am cooking meat in the oven i perforate so that the meat wont burn and all the steam can come out.

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  3. yazmineNovember 13, 2012 at 4:51 AM

    Yaneisy Ramos
    Ms.Allen
    Period#5&6

    Mama used a fork to perforate the pie crust so that it would vent.

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  4. AnonymousNovember 13, 2012 at 4:55 AM

    When you get a piercing, you perforate your skin. Palacios period 1

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  5. AnonymousNovember 13, 2012 at 12:18 PM

    In the vast southern Australian grounds our dear friends the wombats perforate the incredibley hot ground to make an underground home.

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  6. Gabriel lopez per. 5&6November 15, 2012 at 6:23 PM

    Gabriel Lopez
    Ms.Allen
    Peiod. 5&6

    Perforate systems are linked periodically by perforating veins

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  7. UnknownNovember 19, 2012 at 6:52 PM

    Jennifer Viera
    Ms.Allen
    Period 3&4

    I covered the bowl with aluminum foil, and then use a fork to perforate the foil.

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