pervade

Meaning of pervade

verb
  1. (especially of a smell) spread through and be perceived in every part of.
    a smell of stale cabbage pervaded the air

mid 17th century (also in the sense ‘traverse’): from Latin pervadere, from per- ‘throughout’ + vadere ‘go’.

Information about pervade

  • It is a verb.
  • The plural form of pervade is: pervades.
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Hyphenation of pervade

per-vade

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • pervade is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

pervade synonyms

Meaning permeate:

permeate, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle

Meaning become an overwhelming presence in; pervade:

fill

Meaning gradually spread through or over:

suffuse

Meaning fill; pervade:

infuse

Meaning permeate or suffuse with a liquid, colour, or quality:

perfuse

Meaning fill or pervade with a quality or emotion:

charge

Meaning (of a slope, flight of stairs, or angle) rising or falling sharply; almost perpendicular:

steep

Meaning fill (something or someone) with something until no more can be held or absorbed:

saturate

Meaning soak or saturate (something) with a substance:

impregnate

Meaning give an essential or formative principle or quality to:

inform

Meaning (of a liquid) permeate (something) by filtration:

infiltrate

Meaning enter (a place, situation, or sphere of activity) in large numbers, especially with intrusive effect:

invade

Meaning have an effect on; make a difference to:

affect

Anagrams of pervade

deprave, repaved

Words that rhyme with pervade

vade, bravade, pavade, evade, levade, preevade, invade, reinvade, muscovade, Forvade, interpervade, couvade

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