Definition of penetrate

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Penetrate (v. t.) To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to effect an entrance into; to pierce; as, light penetrates darkness..

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Infiltrate :: Infiltrate (v. t.) To penetrate gradually; -- sometimes used reflexively.
Profound :: Profound (v. i.) To dive deeply; to penetrate.
Impierce :: Impierce (v. t.) To pierce; to penetrate.
Pierce :: Pierce (v. t.) Fig.: To penetrate; to affect deeply; as, to pierce a mystery..
Cloy :: Cloy (v. t.) To penetrate or pierce; to wound.
Pierce :: Pierce (v. t.) To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument..
Penetrative :: Penetrative (a.) Tending to penetrate; of a penetrating quality; piercing; as, the penetrative sun..
Transpierce :: Transpierce (v. t.) To pierce through; to penetrate; to permeate; to pass through.
Penetrable :: Penetrable (a.) Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Used also figuratively..
Pierce :: Pierce (v. i.) To enter; to penetrate; to make a way into or through something, as a pointed instrument does; -- used literally and figuratively..
Perforate :: Perforate (v.) To bore through; to pierce through with a pointed instrument; to make a hole or holes through by boring or piercing; to pierce or penetrate the surface of.
Adamantine :: Adamantine (a.) Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated; as, adamantine bonds or chains..
Season :: Season (v. i.) To become dry and hard, by the escape of the natural juices, or by being penetrated with other substance; as, timber seasons in the sun..
Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
Plunge :: Plunge (v. t.) To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to plunge the body into water; to plunge a dagger into the breast. Also used figuratively; as, to plunge a nation into war..
Dirl :: Dirl (v. i. & t.) To thrill; to vibrate; to penetrate.
Gore :: Gore (v. t.) To pierce or wound, as with a horn; to penetrate with a pointed instrument, as a spear; to stab..
Bore :: Bore (v. i.) To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns; as, this timber does not bore well, or is hard to bore..
Taproot :: Taproot (n.) The root of a plant which penetrates the earth directly downward to a considerable depth without dividing.
Penetrability :: Penetrability (n.) The quality of being penetrable; susceptibility of being penetrated, entered, or pierced..
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