pervade
Meaning of pervade
verb
- (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:
Meaning gradually spread through or over:
Meaning fill; pervade:
Meaning permeate or suffuse with a liquid, colour, or quality:
Meaning fill or pervade with a quality or emotion:
Meaning (of a slope, flight of stairs, or angle) rising or falling sharply; almost perpendicular:
Meaning fill (something or someone) with something until no more can be held or absorbed:
Meaning soak or saturate (something) with a substance:
Meaning give an essential or formative principle or quality to:
Meaning (of a liquid) permeate (something) by filtration:
Meaning enter (a place, situation, or sphere of activity) in large numbers, especially with intrusive effect:
Meaning have an effect on; make a difference to:
Anagrams of pervade
Words that rhyme with pervade
vade, bravade, pavade, evade, levade, preevade, invade, reinvade, muscovade, Forvade, interpervade, couvade
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