penetrate (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 7 senses of the word *penetrate*:
VERB	contact	penetrate, perforate	pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance
	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

penetrate > pronunciation
Sounds	peh'nahtrey.t
Rhymes	abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt...

English > *penetrate*: 7 senses > verb 1, contact
Meaning	Pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s PP
Example	"The bullet penetrated her chest"
Synonym	perforate
Narrower	break	pierce or penetrate
	cut	penetrate injuriously
	foray	briefly enter enemy territory
	honeycomb	penetrate thoroughly and into every part
	immerse, plunge	thrust or throw into
	ingrain, grain	Thoroughly work in
	interpenetrate, permeate	penetrate mutually or be interlocked
	ooze through	Run slowly and gradually
	percolate, sink in, permeate, filter	Pass through
	permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle	Spread or diffuse through
	pierce	make a hole into
	pierce, thrust	penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
	pierce	cut or make a way through
	poke into	Enter briefly
	probe, dig into, poke into	Examine physically with or as if with a probe
	sneak in, creep in	Enter surreptitiously
	storm, force	Take by force
	strike	pierce with force
	tunnel	Force a way / way through
Broader	enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into	To come or go into
Spanish	adentrarse, penetrar, profundizar
Catalan	aprofundir, penetrar, profunditzar
Nouns	penetrator	an intruder who passes into or through (often by overcoming resistance / resistance)

English > *penetrate*: 7 senses > verb 2, cognition
Meaning	Come to understand.
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

English > *penetrate*: 7 senses > verb 3, cognition
Meaning	Become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions.
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

English > *penetrate*: 7 senses > verb 4, social
Meaning	Enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Synonym	infiltrate
Broader	join, fall in, get together	Become part of
Spanish	infiltrarse, infiltrar

English > *penetrate*: 7 senses > verb 5, motion
Meaning	make one's way deeper into or through.
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

English > *penetrate*: 7 senses > verb 6, contact
Meaning	insert / insert the penis into the vagina or anus of.
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

English > *penetrate*: 7 senses > verb 7, contact
Meaning	Spread or diffuse through.
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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