Definition of penetrate

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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..

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Deep :: Deep (superl.) Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; -- opposed to shallow or superficial; intricate; mysterious; not obvious; obscure; as, a deep subject or plot..
Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate.
Penetrate :: Penetrate (v. t.) To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to effect an entrance into; to pierce; as, light penetrates darkness..
Infiltrate :: Infiltrate (v. t.) To penetrate gradually; -- sometimes used reflexively.
Impenetrable :: Impenetrable (a.) Incapable of being penetrated or pierced; not admitting the passage of other bodies; not to be entered; impervious; as, an impenetrable shield..
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..
Adamantine :: Adamantine (a.) Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated; as, adamantine bonds or chains..
Blunt :: Blunt (a.) Hard to impress or penetrate.
Enter :: Enter (v. t.) To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to pierce; as, to enter a house, a closet, a country, a door, etc.; the river enters the sea..
Delve :: Delve (v. t.) To dig into; to penetrate; to trace out; to fathom.
Pierce :: Pierce (v. t.) Fig.: To penetrate; to affect deeply; as, to pierce a mystery..
Penetrated :: Penetrated (imp. & p. p.) of Penetrat.
Mellow :: Mellow (superl.) Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid; as, a mellow soil..
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..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains..
Impierce :: Impierce (v. t.) To pierce; to penetrate.
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..
Ballproof :: Ballproof (a.) Incapable of being penetrated by balls from firearms.
Lernean :: Lernean (n.) One of a family (Lernaeidae) of parasitic Crustacea found attached to fishes and other marine animals. Some species penetrate the skin and flesh with the elongated head, and feed on the viscera. See Illust. in Appendix..
Dirl :: Dirl (v. i. & t.) To thrill; to vibrate; to penetrate.
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