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permeate
verb
1 permeate
Spread or diffuse through:
— An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration.
synonyms: diffuse, imbue, interpenetrate, penetrate, pervade, riddle.
Roget 186:
exist in space,
be present
etc.
adj.;
assister†;
make one of,
make one at;
look on,
attend,
remain;
find oneself,
present oneself;
show one's face;
fall in the way of,
occur in a place;
lie,
stand;
occupy;
be there.
people;
inhabit,
dwell,
reside,
stay,
sojourn,
live,
abide,
lodge,
nestle,
roost,
perch;
take up one's abode
etc.
(be located)
184;
tenant.
resort to,
frequent,
haunt;
revisit.
fill,
pervade,
permeate;
be diffused,
be disseminated,
be through;
over spread,
overrun;
run through;
meet one at every turn.
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Roget 228:
lie between,
come between,
get between;
intervene,
slide in,
interpenetrate,
permeate.
put between,
introduce,
import,
throw in,
wedge in,
edge in,
jam in,
worm in,
foist in,
run in,
plow in,
work in;
interpose,
interject,
intercalate,
interpolate,
interline,
interleave,
intersperse,
interweave,
interlard,
interdigitate,
sandwich in,
fit in,
squeeze in;
let in,
dovetail,
splice,
mortise;
insinuate,
smuggle;
infiltrate,
ingrain.
interfere,
put in an oar,
thrust one's nose in;
intrude,
obtrude;
have a finger in the pie;
introduce the thin end of the wedge;
thrust in
etc.
(insert)
300.
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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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Dutch: diffuus, doordringen
2 permeate
3 permeate
Moby thesaurus: bathe, bespread, besprinkle, breathe, brew, charge, color, crawl with, creep with, decoct, diffuse, douche, dredge, drench, drouk, dye, enter, entincture, extend throughout, fill, flavor, flush, honeycomb, imbrue, imbue, impregnate, infiltrate, infuse, ingrain, inject, instill, interfuse, interpenetrate, invade, lave, leach, leave no void, leaven, lixiviate, macerate, occupy, overrun, overspread, overswarm, penetrate, percolate, pervade, rinse, run through, saturate, season, seethe, soak, sodden, sop, souse, steep, suffuse, swarm with, teem with, temper, tincture, tinge, transfuse, wash, waterlog ... show more.
permeated
Moby thesaurus: awash, bathed, crawling, creeping, deluged, dipped, drenched, dribbling, dripping, dripping wet, drowned, engulfed, flooded, honeycombed, immersed, inundated, macerated, oozing, overflowed, saturated, seeping, shot through, soaked, soaking, soaking wet, soaky, sodden, soggy, sopping, sopping wet, soppy, soused, steeped, submerged, submersed, swamped, swarming, teeming, waterlogged, watersoaked, weeping, weltering, whelmed, wringing wet ... show more.
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