- to make a hole or holes through by boring, punching, piercing, or the like.
- to pierce through or to the interior of; penetrate.
- to make a way through or into something; penetrate.
- to make a hole or holes in (something); penetrate
- to punch rows of holes between (stamps, coupons, etc) for ease of separation
- biology
- pierced by small holes
- marked with small transparent spots
- philately another word for perforated (def. 2)