Definition of penetrate

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Penetrate (v. t.) To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings; to touch with feeling; to make sensible; to move deeply; as, to penetrate one's heart with pity..

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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..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains..
Adamantine :: Adamantine (a.) Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated; as, adamantine bonds or chains..
Profound :: Profound (v. t.) To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.
Wormed :: Wormed (a.) Penetrated by worms; injured by worms; worm-eaten; as, wormed timber..
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..
Dirl :: Dirl (v. i. & t.) To thrill; to vibrate; to penetrate.
Penetrative :: Penetrative (a.) Tending to penetrate; of a penetrating quality; piercing; as, the penetrative sun..
Enter :: Enter (v. i.) To get admission; to introduce one's self; to penetrate; to form or constitute a part; to become a partaker or participant; to share; to engage; -- usually with into; sometimes with on or upon; as, a ball enters into the body; water enters into a ship; he enters into the plan; to enter into a quarrel; a merchant enters into partnership with some one; to enter upon another's land; the boy enters on his tenth year; to enter upon a task; lead enters into the composition of pewter..
Impierce :: Impierce (v. t.) To pierce; to penetrate.
Infiltrate :: Infiltrate (v. t.) To penetrate gradually; -- sometimes used reflexively.
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..
Dip :: Dip (v. i.) To pierce; to penetrate; -- followed by in or into.
Mellow :: Mellow (superl.) Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid; as, a mellow soil..
Penetrate :: Penetrate (v. t.) To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings; to touch with feeling; to make sensible; to move deeply; as, to penetrate one's heart with pity..
Penetrate :: Penetrate (v. i.) To pass; to make way; to pierce. Also used figuratively.
Gore :: Gore (v. t.) To pierce or wound, as with a horn; to penetrate with a pointed instrument, as a spear; to stab..
Delve :: Delve (v. t.) To dig into; to penetrate; to trace out; to fathom.
Stick :: Stick (n.) To penetrate with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to stab; hence, to kill by piercing; as, to stick a beast..
Interpenetrate :: Interpenetrate (v. t.) To penetrate between or within; to penetrate mutually.
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