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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..

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..

Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.

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..

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..

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..

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..

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..

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..

Prick :: Prick (v.) That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer..

Gore :: Gore (v. t.) To pierce or wound, as with a horn; to penetrate with a pointed instrument, as a spear; to stab..

Pierced :: Pierced (a.) Penetrated; entered; perforated.

Cloy :: Cloy (v. t.) To penetrate or pierce; to wound.

Saturate :: Saturate (v. t.) To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; to fill fully; to sate..

Scise :: Scise (v. i.) To cut; to penetrate.

Pierce :: Pierce (v. t.) Fig.: To penetrate; to affect deeply; as, to pierce a mystery..

Stick :: Stick (n.) To penetrate with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to stab; hence, to kill by piercing; as, to stick a beast..

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..

Wormed :: Wormed (a.) Penetrated by worms; injured by worms; worm-eaten; as, wormed timber..

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