Found 3 items, similar to permeate.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: permeate
menyerap, merembes
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: permeate
permeate
v 1: spread or diffuse through;
“An atmosphere of distrust has
permeated this administration”;
“music penetrated the
entire building” [syn:
pervade,
penetrate,
interpenetrate,
diffuse,
imbue]
2: pass through;
“Water permeates sand easily” [syn:
percolate,
sink in,
filter]
3: penetrate mutually or be interlocked;
“The territories of
two married people interpenetrate a lot” [syn:
interpenetrate]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Permeate
Permeate
\Per"me*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Permeated; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Permeating.] [L. permeatus, p. p. of permeare to
permeate; per + meare to go, pass.]
1. To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate
and pass through without causing rupture or displacement;
-- applied especially to fluids which pass through
substances of loose texture; as, water permeates sand.
--Woodward.
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2. To enter and spread through; to pervade.
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God was conceived to be diffused throughout the
whole world, to permeate and pervade all things.
--Cudworth.
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