Definition of penetrate

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Penetrate (v. i.) To pass; to make way; to pierce. Also used figuratively.

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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..
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..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains..
Cloy :: Cloy (v. t.) To penetrate or pierce; to wound.
Enter :: Enter (v. i.) To penetrate mentally; to consider attentively; -- with into.
Pierce :: Pierce (v. t.) Fig.: To penetrate; to affect deeply; as, to pierce a mystery..
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..
Profound :: Profound (v. t.) To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.
Ruminated :: Ruminated (a.) Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw..
Scise :: Scise (v. i.) To cut; 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..
Adamantine :: Adamantine (a.) Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated; as, adamantine bonds or chains..
Interpenetrate :: Interpenetrate (v. t.) To penetrate between or within; to penetrate mutually.
Gride :: Gride (e. i.) To cut with a grating sound; to cut; to penetrate or pierce harshly; as, the griding sword..
Penetrative :: Penetrative (a.) Tending to penetrate; of a penetrating quality; piercing; as, the penetrative sun..
Mellow :: Mellow (superl.) Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid; as, a mellow soil..
Hard :: Hard (superl.) Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple..
Pervious :: Pervious (a.) Capable of being penetrated, or seen through, by physical or mental vision..
Impierce :: Impierce (v. t.) To pierce; to penetrate.
Poachy :: Poachy (a.) Wet and soft; easily penetrated by the feet of cattle; -- said of lan.
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