penetrate
verb
1 penetrate
Pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance:
— The bullet penetrated her chest.
synonym: perforate.
Roget 498:
be intelligent
etc.
adj.;
have all one's wits about one;
understand
etc.
(intelligible)
518;
catch an idea,
take in an idea;
take a joke,
take a hint.
see through,
see at a glance,
see with half an eye,
see far into,
see through a millstone;
penetrate;
discern
etc.
(descry)
441;
foresee
etc.
510.
discriminate
etc.
465;
know what's what
etc.
698;
listen to reason.
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Roget 824:
excite,
affect,
touch,
move,
impress,
strike,
interest,
animate,
inspire,
impassion,
smite,
infect;
stir the blood,
fire the blood,
warm the blood;
set astir;
wake,
awake,
awaken;
call forth;
evoke,
provoke;
raise up,
summon up,
call up,
wake up,
blow up,
get up,
light up;
raise;
get up the steam,
rouse,
arouse,
stir;
fire,
kindle,
enkindle,
apply the torch,
set on fire,
inflame.
stimulate;
exsuscitate†;
inspirit;
spirit up,
stir up,
work up,
pique;
infuse life into,
give new life to;
bring new blood,
introduce new blood;
quicken;
sharpen,
whet;
work upon
etc.
(incite)
615;
hurry on,
give a fillip,
put on one's mettle.
fan the fire,
fan the flame;
blow the coals,
stir the embers;
fan into a flame;
foster,
heat,
warm,
foment,
raise to a fever heat;
keep up,
keep the pot boiling;
revive,
rekindle;
rake up,
rip up.
stir the feelings,
play on the feelings,
come home to the feelings;
touch a string,
touch a chord,
touch the soul,
touch the heart;
go to one's heart,
penetrate,
pierce,
go through one,
touch to the quick;
possess the soul,
pervade the soul,
penetrate the soul,
imbrue the soul,
absorb the soul,
affect the soul,
disturb the soul.
absorb,
rivet the attention;
sink into the mind,
sink into the heart;
prey on the mind,
distract;
intoxicate;
overwhelm,
overpower;
bouleverser [Fr.],
upset,
turn one's head.
fascinate;
enrapture
etc.
(give pleasure)
829.
agitate,
perturb,
ruffle,
fluster,
shake,
disturb,
startle,
shock,
stagger;
give one a shock,
give one a turn;
strike all of a heap;
stun,
astound,
electrify,
galvanize,
petrify.
irritate,
sting;
cut to the heart,
cut to the quick;
try one's temper;
fool to the top of one's bent,
pique;
infuriate,
madden,
make one's blood boil;
lash into fury
etc.
(wrath)
900.
be excited
etc.
adj.;
flush up,
flare up;
catch the infection;
thrill
etc.
(feel)
821;
mantle;
work oneself up;
seethe,
boil,
simmer,
foam,
fume,
flame,
rage,
rave;
run mad
etc.
(passion)
825.
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2 penetrate
3 penetrate
4 penetrate
Enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members.
synonym: infiltrate.
5 penetrate
Make one's way deeper into or through.
Dutch: doordringen
6 penetrate
Insert the penis into the vagina or anus of.
7 penetrate
Spread or diffuse through:
— Music penetrated the entire building.
synonyms: diffuse, imbue, interpenetrate, permeate, pervade, riddle.
Roget 302:
pass,
pass through;
perforate
etc.
(hole)
260;
penetrate,
permeate,
thread,
thrid†,
enfilade;
go through,
go across;
go over,
pass over;
cut across;
ford,
cross;
pass and repass,
work;
make one's way,
thread one's way,
worm one's way,
force one's way;
make a passage form a passage;
cut one's way through;
find its way,
find its vent;
transmit,
make way,
clear the course;
traverse,
go over the ground.
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Roget 294:
have the entree;
enter;
go into,
go in,
come into,
come in,
pour into,
pour in,
flow into,
flow in,
creep into,
creep in,
slip into,
slip in,
pop into,
pop in,
break into,
break in,
burst into,
burst in;
set foot on;
ingress;
burst in upon,
break in upon;
invade,
intrude;
insinuate itself;
interpenetrate,
penetrate;
infiltrate;
find one's way into,
wriggle into,
worm oneself into.
give entrance to
etc.
(receive)
296;
insert
etc.
300.
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Dutch: diffuus, doordringen
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