'Penetrate' definitions:
Definition of 'penetrate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; "The bullet penetrated her chest" [syn: penetrate, perforate]
verb
verb
Become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow" [syn: click, get through, dawn, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into place]
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
Make one's way deeper into or through; "The hikers did not manage to penetrate the dense forest"
verb
Insert the penis into the vagina or anus of; "Did the molester penetrate the child?"
verb
Definition of 'Penetrate'
From: GCIDE
- Penetrate \Pen"e*trate\, v. i. To pass; to make way; to pierce. Also used figuratively. [1913 Webster]
- Preparing to penetrate to the north and west. --J. R. Green. [1913 Webster]
- Born where Heaven's influence scarce can penetrate. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- The sweet of life that penetrates so near. --Daniel. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Penetrate'
From: GCIDE
- Penetrate \Pen"e*trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Penetrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Penetrating.] [L. penetratus, p. p. of penetrare to penetrate; akin to penitus inward, inwardly, and perh. to pens with, in the power of, penus store of food, innermost part of a temple.]
- 1. To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to effect an entrance into; to pierce; as, light penetrates darkness. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The translator of Homer should penetrate himself with a sense of the plainness and directness of Homer's style. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]
- 3. 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. [1913 Webster]
- Things which here were too subtile for us to penetrate. --Ray. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'penetrate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affect,
- auger,
- be glimpsed,
- be hep to,
- be on to,
- be realized,
- be remembered,
- be wise to,
- benumb,
- bespread,
- besprinkle,
- bite,
- bore,
- breathe,
- brew,
- broach,
- catch on to,
- charge,
- chill,
- color,
- come across,
- come alive,
- come home to,
- come in,
- come through,
- comprehend,
- countersink,
- crawl with,
- creep with,
- cut,
- dawn on,
- decoct,
- descry,
- diffuse,
- dig,
- discern,
- discover,
- dredge,
- drill,
- drive,
- dye,
- ease in,
- empierce,
- encroach,
- enter,
- entincture,
- extend throughout,
- fathom,
- figure out,
- fill,
- find out,
- fix,
- flavor,
- freeze,
- frost,
- frostbite,
- gain entree,
- get,
- get across,
- get at,
- get into,
- get over,
- get through,
- get to,
- go deep,
- go in,
- go into,
- go through,
- go through one,
- gore,
- gouge,
- gouge out,
- grasp,
- hit,
- hole,
- honeycomb,
- imbrue,
- imbue,
- impale,
- impregnate,
- infiltrate,
- infuse,
- ingress,
- inject,
- inoculate,
- insert,
- insinuate,
- instill,
- interject,
- interpenetrate,
- interpolate,
- introduce,
- intromit,
- invade,
- jab,
- knife,
- lance,
- leave no void,
- leaven,
- make an entrance,
- make an impression,
- make out,
- make way into,
- melt,
- melt the heart,
- move,
- needle,
- never be forgotten,
- nip,
- numb,
- obsess,
- occupy,
- overrun,
- overspread,
- overswarm,
- pass through,
- perceive,
- percolate,
- perforate,
- perfuse,
- permeate,
- pervade,
- pierce,
- pink,
- plumb,
- pop in,
- prick,
- probe,
- punch,
- puncture,
- put in,
- rankle,
- reach,
- ream,
- ream out,
- refrigerate,
- register,
- riddle,
- run through,
- saturate,
- season,
- see,
- see daylight,
- see into,
- see the light,
- see through,
- seep in,
- sense,
- set in,
- sink in,
- skewer,
- slip in,
- smart,
- soak in,
- soften,
- spear,
- spike,
- spit,
- stab,
- steep,
- stick,
- stick in,
- sting,
- stir,
- strike,
- suffuse,
- swarm with,
- tap,
- teem with,
- temper,
- throw in,
- tincture,
- tinge,
- touch,
- touch a chord,
- transfix,
- transfuse,
- transpierce,
- trepan,
- trephine,
- trespass,
- tuck in,
- tumble to,
- uncover,
- understand,
- unravel,
- whip in,
- wise up to,
- work out