penetrate
Meaning of penetrate
- To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to pierce.
Light penetrates darkness.
- To achieve understanding of, despite some obstacle; to comprehend; to understand.
I could not penetrate Burke's opaque rhetoric.
- To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings; to move deeply.
to penetrate one's heart with pity
- To infiltrate an enemy to gather intelligence.
- To insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina or anus.
a male elephant comes up and penetrates the female elephant
- To move a piece past the defending pieces of one's opponent.
Information about penetrate
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of penetrate is: penetrates.
- Languages in which penetrate is used:
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Hyphenation of penetrate
pen-e-trate
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- penetrate is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
penetrate synonyms
Meaning perforate:
Meaning fathom:
Meaning click:
Meaning infiltrate:
Meaning permeate:
permeate, pervade, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle
Translation of penetrate
- German: durchdringen, eindringen, penetrieren
- Spanish: perforar, penetrar, compenetrar
- Italian: compenetrare
- French: compénétrer
Words that rhyme with penetrate
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