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to prepunched

to prepunched

5.6
To make holes in something before it is used
  • verb
translation icon : perforar
  • The company prepunched the metal sheets to speed up the assembly process.

Examples

  • Before class, the teacher prepunched all the student cards for the project.

  • Before the presentation, she prepunched the documents to make them easier to handle.

  • We received a set of prepunched pages, making it easy to organize them in a binder.

  • We need to prepunch these sheets before the meeting.

  • Did you prepunch the documents for the presentation?

  • The workshop leader prepunched the materials so that participants could assemble their crafts more efficiently.

  • He prepunched the cards with holes for easier binding in the report.

Synonyms

to predrill
vsto prepunched
  • Specialized
5.1

To make a hole before putting in a screw or bolt

is created by punching or cutting rather than drilling

Surface Forms

prepunched infinitive
prepunched past
prepunched past participle
prepunching present participle
prepunches third person singular

Morphology

prepunched = prepunch (transparent) = pre + punch + ed

As the regular past or participial form of 'prepunch', the added '-ed' contributes only standard grammatical meaning.

Etymology

Prepunched as a verb comes from pre- 'before' and punch 'to make a hole', like a 'hole punch'. It means to make holes in something before you need it so the item is ready for later use.