The manufacturer will perforate the top of the box before shipping the plants. From LearnThat.org.
perforate the sheets of paper. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
It is probably derived from a root meaning "to bore," "perforate," and hence denotes perforated wind instruments of all kinds. From Wordnik.com. [Easton's Bible Dictionary] Reference
Wasps and other allied insects also perforate for nectar. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892] Reference
Thus no need to use match bullets designed to perforate paper. From Wordnik.com. [Very Little Drops Dead] Reference
This is then used to perforate the coconut, using a twisting motion. From Wordnik.com. [8: Plant protection and pest control] Reference
That's because six bunkers, hidden from the tee, perforate the fairway. From Wordnik.com. [No Course Like the Old Course] Reference
The meatus and urethra anterior to the false aperture remained perforate. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
After 20 minutes, perforate the potatoes in several places to prevent bursting. From Wordnik.com. [Going Global on Thanksgiving] Reference
Flint microdrills were used to perforate the beads; the one shown here is of carnelian. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Hierakonpolis - Narmer's Temple: Week 1 Artifacts] Reference
Narrow slits perforate each tower, providing a tactical vantage for archers hidden inside. From Wordnik.com. [A Medieval Castle in the Middle East] Reference
Use a knife or a spatula to loosen cake from pan, then perforate it again with the skewer. From Wordnik.com. [Champagne Savarin | Baking Bites] Reference
The shell is so small that it was said to occasionally strike the body as a whole, and perforate. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
We make it every year, with my husband's power drill coming into play to perforate the pumpkin shell. From Wordnik.com. [Candied Pumpkin: Calabaza en Tacha] Reference
Some bee keepers perforate their frames to keep an easy passage for bees from one compartment to another. From Wordnik.com. [Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916] Reference
I will be standing here, with this quite reliable AK-47, ready to perforate anybody who tries to get past me. From Wordnik.com. [The Sinister Six Combo]
He tried, but no matter how he pushed with the strength of his 18 years, he couldn't even perforate the surface. From Wordnik.com. [Patrizia Chen: A Girl's Dream of Being Kissed] Reference
The best way to do this quick and dirty is to perforate the body with a pointed knife, and then perform CPR on it. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
Why do we need checkerspot butterflies, delta smelt, damselflies, or Florida's endangered perforate reindeer lichen?. From Wordnik.com. [Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle: The Crisis Nobody's Talking About] Reference
I have only recorded a single instance, and in this a honey bee was seen to perforate the fragile spurs of Impatiens. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892] Reference
If seedling bags are to be used, perforate the bags and fill them with the medium up to the brim, firm enough to stand. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 14] Reference
These if of lancet shape often bury themselves in the skin only, while larger ones may penetrate deeply or even perforate. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
Districts where the Dahaits live do not perforate the nostrils of bullocks, and drive them simply by a rope tied round the mouth. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
Fumero even supplied the weapon with which Jorge was convinced he would perforate the stony heart that had ruined the Aldaya dynasty. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow of the Wind]
Opening it was like figuring out the combination to the Hellraiser puzzle-box: Pull this tab, fold that, perforate this, slice open that. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-02-01] Reference
Sometimes those infections can actually perforate through the intestinal wall, which is what it sounds like happened, causing peritonitis. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 16, 2007] Reference
It possesses the same properties as the perforate sort, but yields a stronger and more camphoraceous odour when the flowers and the seed vessels are bruised. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
The proper direction of the canal might be restored by obliterating the false passage, provided the urethra remained perforate in the direction of the meatus. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
At every blow of the machine they pass through the holes in the lower fixed piece, which correspond with the needles, and perforate five sheets at every blow. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882] Reference
A tincture made from this plant, as well as that made from the perforate St. John's Wort, has been used with success to cure melancholia, and its allied forms of insanity. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
The stroke of a shot, or a concussion of any kind that would split or shiver a wooden boat so as to damage it past repair, would only indent, or at most perforate, an iron one. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851] Reference
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