Found 3 items, similar to penetrate.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: penetrate
bidas, membobolkan, mendobrak, menembus, menghunjam, menjebol, menyusup, meresap, molos
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: penetrate
penetrate
v 1: pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance;
“The
bullet penetrated her chest” [syn:
perforate]
2: come to understand [syn:
fathom,
bottom]
3: become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions;
“It
dawned on him that she had betrayed him”;
“she was
penetrated with sorrow” [syn:
click,
get through,
dawn,
come home,
get across,
sink in,
fall into place]
4: enter a group or organization in order to spy on the
members;
“The student organization was infiltrated by a
traitor” [syn:
infiltrate]
5: make one's way deeper into ar through;
“The hikers did not
manage to penetrate the dense forest”
6: insert the penis into the vagina or anus of;
“Did the
molester penetrate the child?”
7: spread or diffuse through;
“An atmosphere of distrust has
permeated this administration”;
“music penetrated the
entire building” [syn:
permeate,
pervade,
interpenetrate,
diffuse,
imbue]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Penetrate
Penetrate
\Pen"e*trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Penetrated; p.
pr. & vb. n.
Penetrating.] [L. penetratus, p. p. of
penetrare to penetrate; akin to penitus inward, inwardly, and
perh. to pens with, in the power of, penus store of food,
innermost part of a temple.]
1. To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to effect
an entrance into; to pierce; as, light penetrates
darkness.
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2. To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings; to
touch with feeling; to make sensible; to move deeply; as,
to penetrate one's heart with pity. --Shak.
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The translator of Homer should penetrate himself
with a sense of the plainness and directness of
Homer's style. --M. Arnold.
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3. 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.
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Things which here were too subtile for us to
penetrate. --Ray.
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Penetrate
\Pen"e*trate\, v. i.
To pass; to make way; to pierce. Also used figuratively.
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Preparing to penetrate to the north and west. --J. R.
Green.
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Born where Heaven's influence scarce can penetrate.
--Pope.
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The sweet of life that penetrates so near. --Daniel.
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