VERB | contact | penetrate, perforate | pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance |
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cognition | penetrate, fathom, bottom | come to understand | |
cognition | penetrate, click, get through, dawn, come home, get across, sink in, fall into place | become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions | |
social | penetrate, infiltrate | enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members | |
motion | penetrate | make one's way deeper into or through | |
contact | penetrate | insert / insert the penis into the vagina or anus of | |
contact | penetrate, permeate, pervade, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle | spread or diffuse through |
Sounds | peh'nahtrey.t | |
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Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... |
Meaning | Come to understand. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
Synonyms | fathom, bottom | |
Broader | understand | know and comprehend the nature or meaning / meaning of |
Spanish | llegar al fondo, penetrar, profundizar, sondear | |
Catalan | apregonar, aprofundir, penetrar, profunditzar | |
Adjectives | penetrative | having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions |
Nouns | penetration | clear or deep perception of a situation |
Meaning | Become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Example | "she was penetrated with sorrow" | |
Synonyms | click, get through, dawn, come home, get across, sink in, fall into place | |
Cause to | understand | know and comprehend the nature or meaning / meaning of |
Spanish | haga clic en, penetrar |
Meaning | Enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonym | infiltrate | |
Broader | join, fall in, get together | Become part of |
Spanish | infiltrarse, infiltrar |
Meaning | make one's way deeper into or through. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
Example | "The hikers did not manage to penetrate the dense forest" | |
Broader | advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on | Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense |
Nouns | penetration | the ability to make way into or through something |
Meaning | insert / insert the penis into the vagina or anus of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Example | "Did the molester penetrate the child?" | |
Broader | insert, infix, enter, introduce | put or introduce into something |
Spanish | penetrar | |
Nouns | penetration | the act (by a man) of inserting his penis into the vagina of a woman |
Meaning | Spread or diffuse through. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Example | "music penetrated the entire building" | |
Synonyms | permeate, pervade, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle | |
Narrower | spiritize, spiritise | imbue with a spirit / spirit / spirit / spirit |
Broader | penetrate, perforate | Pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance |
Spanish | difundirse, extenderse, permear | |
Adjectives | penetrative | tending to penetrate |
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