Definition of penetrate

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

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Profound :: Profound (v. t.) To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.
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..
Enter :: Enter (v. i.) To penetrate mentally; to consider attentively; -- with into.
Saturate :: Saturate (v. t.) To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; to fill fully; to sate..
Profound :: Profound (v. i.) To dive deeply; to penetrate.
Perforate :: Perforate (v.) To bore through; to pierce through with a pointed instrument; to make a hole or holes through by boring or piercing; to pierce or penetrate the surface of.
Scise :: Scise (v. i.) To cut; to penetrate.
Mellow :: Mellow (superl.) Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid; as, a mellow soil..
Deep :: Deep (superl.) Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; -- opposed to shallow or superficial; intricate; mysterious; not obvious; obscure; as, a deep subject or plot..
Pierce :: Pierce (v. t.) To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument..
Pierce :: Pierce (v. t.) To penetrate; to enter; to force a way into or through; to pass into or through; as, to pierce the enemy's line; a shot pierced the ship..
Penetrative :: Penetrative (a.) Tending to penetrate; of a penetrating quality; piercing; as, the penetrative sun..
Season :: Season (v. i.) To become dry and hard, by the escape of the natural juices, or by being penetrated with other substance; as, timber seasons in the sun..
Bombproof :: Bombproof (n.) A structure which heavy shot and shell will not penetrate.
Gore :: Gore (v. t.) To pierce or wound, as with a horn; to penetrate with a pointed instrument, as a spear; to stab..
Adamantine :: Adamantine (a.) Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated; as, adamantine bonds or chains..
Reach :: Reach (v. t.) Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as..
Enter :: Enter (v. t.) To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to pierce; as, to enter a house, a closet, a country, a door, etc.; the river enters the sea..
Pierce :: Pierce (v. t.) Fig.: To penetrate; to affect deeply; as, to pierce a mystery..
Dive :: Dive (v. i.) Fig.: To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore..
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