PENETRATE

/ˈpɛnɪtɹeɪt/ ► audio Scrabble 11 Words With Friends 13

Definition

  1. verb pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance. — synonyms: perforate
  2. verb come to understand. — synonyms: fathom, bottom
  3. verb become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions. — synonyms: click, get_through, dawn, come_home, get_across, sink_in, fall_into_place
  4. verb enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members. — synonyms: infiltrate
  5. verb make one's way deeper into or through.
  6. verb insert the penis into the vagina or anus of.
  7. verb spread or diffuse through. — synonyms: permeate, pervade, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle

Examples

  • “Light penetrates darkness.”
  • “I could not penetrate Burke's opaque rhetoric.”
  • “to penetrate one's heart with pity”

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