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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Penetrate :: Penetrate (v. t.) To pierce into by the mind; to arrive at the inner contents or meaning of, as of a mysterious or difficult subject; to comprehend; to understand..
Transpierce :: Transpierce (v. t.) To pierce through; to penetrate; to permeate; to pass through.
Blunt :: Blunt (a.) Hard to impress or penetrate.
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains..
Penetrable :: Penetrable (a.) Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Used also figuratively..
Explore :: Explore (v. t.) To search through or into; to penetrate or range over for discovery; to examine thoroughly; as, to explore new countries or seas; to explore the depths of science..
Bore :: Bore (v. t.) To perforate or penetrate, as a solid body, by turning an auger, gimlet, drill, or other instrument; to make a round hole in or through; to pierce; as, to bore a plank..
Stick :: Stick (n.) To cause to penetrate; to push, thrust, or drive, so as to pierce; as, to stick a needle into one's finger..
Adamantine :: Adamantine (a.) Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated; as, adamantine bonds or chains..
Fathom :: Fathom (v. t.) The measure by a sounding line; especially, to sound the depth of; to penetrate, measure, and comprehend; to get to the bottom of..
Penetrative :: Penetrative (a.) Tending to penetrate; of a penetrating quality; piercing; as, the penetrative sun..
Interpenetrate :: Interpenetrate (v. i.) To penetrate each the other; to penetrate between bodies or their parts.
Work :: Work (n.) To make one's way slowly and with difficulty; to move or penetrate laboriously; to proceed with effort; -- with a following preposition, as down, out, into, up, through, and the like; as, scheme works out by degrees; to work into the earth..
Passable :: Passable (a.) Capable of being passed, traveled, navigated, traversed, penetrated, or the like; as, the roads are not passable; the stream is passablein boats..
Gride :: Gride (e. i.) To cut with a grating sound; to cut; to penetrate or pierce harshly; as, the griding sword..
Penetrated :: Penetrated (imp. & p. p.) of Penetrat.
Pervious :: Pervious (a.) Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another body or substance; permeable; as, a pervious soil..
Bombproof :: Bombproof (n.) A structure which heavy shot and shell will not penetrate.
Permeate :: Permeate (v. t.) To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; -- applied especially to fluids which pass through substances of loose texture; as, water permeates sand..
Interpenetrate :: Interpenetrate (v. t.) To penetrate between or within; to penetrate mutually.
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