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Antonyms for penetrates
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : pen-i-treyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛn ɪˌtreɪt |
Definition of penetrates
Origin :- 1520s, from Latin penetratus, past participle of penetrare "to put or get into, enter into," related to penitus "within, inmost," penus "innermost part of a temple, store of food," penates "household gods." Related: Penetrated; penetrating.
- verb pierce; get through physically
- verb understand or be understood
- There is here a feeling of peace and happiness which penetrates the soul.'
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume I (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- Mud is stirred up, flows, rises and penetrates in all directions.
- Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski
- As soon as it touches it it penetrates it and the coagulation which we have mentioned is produced.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- Internationalism is an idea that penetrates all other practical ideas.
- Extract from : « The Psychology of Nations » by G.E. Partridge
- Neither politics, literature, nor anything modern ever penetrates there.
- Extract from : « Virgin Soil » by Ivan S. Turgenev
- It is also less because the air cannot penetrate the carbons as it penetrates a flame.
- Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall
- We find life in caves where not a ray of light ever penetrates.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Heavens » by Robert Stawell Ball
- He penetrates to the root of the art at one step of his eagle eye.
- Extract from : « Cabbages and Kings » by O. Henry
- It penetrates solely by pushing the tissues aside in all directions.
- Extract from : « The Ape, the Idiot & Other People » by W. C. Morrow
- It penetrates the brine-soaked soil and wells turn brackish.
- Extract from : « Priscilla's Spies » by George A. Birmingham
Synonyms for penetrates
- access
- affect
- barge in
- bayonet
- become clear
- blow in
- bore
- break in
- breeze in
- bust in
- charge
- come
- come across
- comprehend
- crack
- decipher
- diffuse
- discern
- drill
- drive
- eat through
- encroach
- enter
- fathom
- figure out
- filter in
- force
- get across
- get in
- get over
- get through
- get to the bottom
- go through
- gore
- grasp
- impale
- impress
- infiltrate
- ingress
- insert
- insinuate
- introduce
- invade
- jab
- knife
- make a hole
- make an entrance
- pass through
- perceive
- percolate
- perforate
- permeate
- pervade
- pop in
- prick
- probe
- puncture
- put over
- ream
- run into
- saturate
- see through
- seep
- sink in
- sink into
- soak in
- spear
- stab
- stick into
- suffuse
- thrust
- touch
- trespass
- unravel
- work out
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