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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Interpenetrate :: Interpenetrate (v. i.) To penetrate each the other; to penetrate between bodies or their parts.
Profound :: Profound (v. i.) To dive deeply; to penetrate.
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..
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..
Wormed :: Wormed (a.) Penetrated by worms; injured by worms; worm-eaten; as, wormed timber..
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..
Gride :: Gride (e. i.) To cut with a grating sound; to cut; to penetrate or pierce harshly; as, the griding sword..
Cloy :: Cloy (v. t.) To penetrate or pierce; to wound.
Penetrative :: Penetrative (a.) Tending to penetrate; of a penetrating quality; piercing; as, the penetrative sun..
Penetrable :: Penetrable (a.) Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Used also figuratively..
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..
Poachy :: Poachy (a.) Wet and soft; easily penetrated by the feet of cattle; -- said of lan.
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..
Reach :: Reach (v. t.) Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as..
Interpenetrate :: Interpenetrate (v. t.) To penetrate between or within; to penetrate mutually.
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..
Borer :: Borer (n.) One of the larvae of many species of insects, which penetrate trees, as the apple, peach, pine, etc. See Apple borer, under Apple..
Impierce :: Impierce (v. t.) To pierce; to penetrate.
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..
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