Definitions for penetrate

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penetrate pen·e·trate

Spelling: [pen-i-treyt]

IPA: /ˈpɛn ɪˌtreɪt/

Penetrate is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 244 anagrams from letters in penetrate (aeeenprtt).

Definitions for penetrate

verb (used with object)

1. to pierce or pass into or through:
2. to enter the interior of:
3. to enter and diffuse itself through; permeate.
4. to arrive at the truth or meaning of; understand; comprehend:
5. to obtain a share of (a market):
6. to affect or impress (the mind or feelings) deeply.
7. to extend influence, usually peacefully, into the affairs of (another country).

verb (used without object)

1. to enter, reach, or pass through something, as by piercing:
2. to be diffused through something.
3. to understand or read the meaning of something.
4. to have a deep effect or impact on someone.

Origin of penetrate

1520-30; Latin penetrātus (past participle of penetrāre), equivalent to penet-, variant stem of penitus deep down + -r- (probably by analogy with intus inside: intrāre to Examples for penetrate

The leads in Blue Is the Warmest Color scissor in a dozen different positions but we never once see them penetrate each other.

This hole is to enable the syrup to penetrate the inside of the lemons.

How secure could the border possibly be if 5-year-olds can penetrate it?

Nowadays, when one strives to penetrate things one is confounded.

Angelique repeated the word very slowly, as if to penetrate its meaning.

There are some areas in the Bekaa Valley and Hermel where the government and the army have been unable to penetrate.

He planned to use the C4 explosives to make shaped changes with which he could penetrate armored car doors.

Into the darker secrets of the Book of Wishes we will not penetrate.

He remains busy trying to penetrate the shield with something much smarter.

Does a newspaper, even the ubiquitous Petit Journal, penetrate into these solitudes?