Definition of penetrate

verb (v)

• pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance (verb.contact)

  Synonym: perforate
  

  Example:
  The bullet penetrated her chest.
  

  source: wordnet30
• come to understand (verb.cognition)

  Synonym: bottom, fathom
  

  source: wordnet30
• become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions (verb.cognition)

  Synonym: click, come home, dawn, fall into place, get across, get through, sink in
  

  Example:
  She was penetrated with sorrow.
  

  source: wordnet30
• enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members (verb.social)

  Synonym: infiltrate
  

  source: wordnet30
• make one's way deeper into or through (verb.motion)

  Example:
  The hikers did not manage to penetrate the dense forest.
  

  source: wordnet30
• insert the penis into the vagina or anus of (verb.contact)

  Example:
  Did the molester penetrate the child?.
  

  source: wordnet30
• spread or diffuse through (verb.contact)

  Synonym: diffuse, imbue, interpenetrate, permeate, pervade, riddle
  

  Example:
  Music penetrated the entire building.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to effect an entrance into; to pierce; as, light penetrates darkness. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To pass; to make way; to pierce. Also used figuratively. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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