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Delve :: Delve (v. t.) To dig into; to penetrate; to trace out; to fathom.

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

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..

Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains..

Bore :: Bore (v. i.) To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns; as, this timber does not bore well, or is hard to bore..

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..

Penetrable :: Penetrable (a.) Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Used also figuratively..

Intermine :: Intermine (v. t.) To intersect or penetrate with mines.

Reach :: Reach (v. t.) Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as..

Transpierce :: Transpierce (v. t.) To pierce through; to penetrate; to permeate; to pass through.

Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep..

Interpenetrate :: Interpenetrate (v. i.) To penetrate each the other; to penetrate between bodies or their parts.

Thrill :: Thrill (v. i.) To pierce, as something sharp; to penetrate; especially, to cause a tingling sensation that runs through the system with a slight shivering; as, a sharp sound thrills through the whole frame..

Gride :: Gride (e. i.) To cut with a grating sound; to cut; to penetrate or pierce harshly; as, the griding sword..

Penetrated :: Penetrated (imp. & p. p.) of Penetrat.

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

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..

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..

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..

Tubbing :: Tubbing (n.) A lining of timber or metal around the shaft of a mine; especially, a series of cast-iron cylinders bolted together, used to enable those who sink a shaft to penetrate quicksand, water, etc., with safety..

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