'Infiltrate' definitions:
Definition of 'infiltrate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices
verb
Enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members; "The student organization was infiltrated by a traitor" [syn: infiltrate, penetrate]
verb
Pass into or through by filtering or permeating; "the substance infiltrated the material"
verb
Pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict [syn: infiltrate, pass through]
Definition of 'Infiltrate'
From: GCIDE
- Infiltrate \In*fil"trate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Infiltrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Infiltrating.] [Pref. in- + filtrate: cf. F, s'infiltrer. Cf. Infilter.]
- 1. To enter by penetrating the pores or interstices of a substance; to filter into or through something. [1913 Webster]
- The water infiltrates through the porous rock. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To enter secretly (into an organization, territory, etc.) for hostile purposes, such as spying or sabotage; as, the FBI infiltrated into the U. S. communist party's upper echelons; also used transitively; as, to infiltrate the opponent's organization; to infiltrate one's agents into a hostile country. [PJC]
Definition of 'Infiltrate'
From: GCIDE
- Infiltrate \In*fil"trate\, v. t. To penetrate gradually; -- sometimes used reflexively. --J. S. Mill. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'infiltrate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absorb,
- adsorb,
- advance against,
- advance upon,
- assimilate,
- barge in,
- bathe,
- bear down upon,
- besprinkle,
- blot,
- blot up,
- break in,
- break in upon,
- breathe,
- brew,
- burst in,
- butt in,
- charge in,
- chemisorb,
- chemosorb,
- color,
- come between,
- counterattack,
- crash,
- crash in,
- crash the gates,
- creep in,
- crowd in,
- cut in,
- decoct,
- digest,
- douche,
- dredge,
- drench,
- drink,
- drink in,
- drink up,
- drive,
- drouk,
- dye,
- edge in,
- elbow in,
- encroach,
- engross,
- entincture,
- entrench,
- filter in,
- flank,
- flavor,
- flush,
- foist,
- foist in,
- gas,
- horn in,
- imbibe,
- imbrue,
- imbue,
- impinge,
- impose,
- impose on,
- impose upon,
- impregnate,
- infringe,
- infuse,
- inject,
- insinuate,
- instill,
- interfere,
- interlope,
- interpose,
- intervene,
- intrude,
- invade,
- irrupt,
- launch an attack,
- lave,
- leach,
- leak in,
- leaven,
- lixiviate,
- macerate,
- march against,
- march upon,
- mount an attack,
- obtrude,
- open an offensive,
- osmose,
- penetrate,
- percolate,
- percolate in,
- percolate into,
- permeate,
- pervade,
- press in,
- push,
- push in,
- put on,
- put upon,
- rinse,
- rush in,
- saturate,
- season,
- seep in,
- seethe,
- slink in,
- slip in,
- slurp up,
- smash in,
- sneak in,
- soak,
- soak in,
- soak up,
- sodden,
- sop,
- sorb,
- souse,
- sponge,
- squeeze in,
- steal in,
- steep,
- storm in,
- strike,
- suffuse,
- swill up,
- take in,
- take up,
- temper,
- throng in,
- thrust,
- thrust in,
- tincture,
- tinge,
- transfuse,
- trench,
- trespass,
- wash,
- waterlog,
- work in,
- worm,
- worm in