Definition of penetrate

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

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Blunt :: Blunt (a.) Hard to impress or penetrate.
Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate.
Penetrative :: Penetrative (a.) Tending to penetrate; of a penetrating quality; piercing; as, the penetrative sun..
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..
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..
Saturate :: Saturate (v. t.) To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; to fill fully; to sate..
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..
Transpierce :: Transpierce (v. t.) To pierce through; to penetrate; to permeate; to pass through.
Pervious :: Pervious (a.) Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another body or substance; permeable; as, a pervious soil..
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..
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..
Dirl :: Dirl (v. i. & t.) To thrill; to vibrate; to penetrate.
Reach :: Reach (v. t.) Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as..
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..
Penetrated :: Penetrated (imp. & p. p.) of Penetrat.
Ballproof :: Ballproof (a.) Incapable of being penetrated by balls from firearms.
Bombproof :: Bombproof (n.) A structure which heavy shot and shell will not penetrate.
Pierce :: Pierce (v. t.) Fig.: To penetrate; to affect deeply; as, to pierce a mystery..
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..
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..
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