penetrate

penetrate
verb
ADVERB
deep, deeply, far

caves penetrating deep into the hills

completely, fully
barely

The sunlight barely penetrated the inner room.

quickly
slowly

The news slowly penetrated his consciousness.

easily, readily

These so-called secret societies were easily penetrated by intelligence agents.

successfully
VERB + PENETRATE
be able to, can
be difficult to
seem to

The cold seemed to penetrate his bones.

fail to
allow sth to

Cut two slashes on each side of the fish to allow heat to penetrate.

PREPOSITION
into

It is not yet known how deeply the radiation has penetrated into the soil.

through

The light could not penetrate through the thick curtains.

to

The dust had penetrated to all corners of the room.

Penetrate is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑bullet, ↑daylight, ↑moisture, ↑ray, ↑sunlight
Penetrate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑airspace, ↑armour, ↑darkness, ↑defence, ↑gloom, ↑lung, ↑market, ↑mystery, ↑shield, ↑silence, ↑skin, ↑surface, ↑vagina, ↑veil

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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  • penetrate — pen‧e‧trate [ˈpentreɪt] verb [transitive] MARKETING if a company penetrates a new market or area, it starts selling goods or services in that market or area: • The company has been struggling to penetrate the US market. * * * penetrate UK US… …   Financial and business terms

  • Penetrate — Pen e*trate, v. i. To pass; to make way; to pierce. Also used figuratively. [1913 Webster] Preparing to penetrate to the north and west. J. R. Green. [1913 Webster] Born where Heaven s influence scarce can penetrate. Pope. [1913 Webster] The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • penetrate — [pen′i trāt΄] vt. penetrated, penetrating [< L penetratus, pp. of penetrare, to pierce into, penetrate < base of penitus, inward, far within (< penus, store of food, storeroom, sanctuary of temple of Vesta < IE base * pen , to feed,… …   English World dictionary

  • penetrate — [v1] pierce; get through physically access, barge in, bayonet, blow in, bore, break in, breeze in, bust in, charge, come, crack, diffuse, drill, drive, eat through, encroach, enter, filter in, force, get in, gore, go through, impale, infiltrate,… …   New thesaurus

  • penetrate — I verb absorb, bore, break into, burst in upon, cut through, empierce, enter, erupt, fill, filter in, flow in, force a passage, give entrance to, go through, gore, imbrue, impale, impregnate, infiltrate, inflow, inject, insert, interfuse, lance,… …   Law dictionary

  • penetrate — early 15c. (implied in penetrable), from L. penetratus, pp. 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 …   Etymology dictionary

  • penetrate — 1 *enter, pierce, probe Analogous words: invade, entrench, encroach, *trespass: *perforate, puncture, bore, prick 2 pervade, impenetrate, interpenetrate, *permeate, impregnate, saturate Analogous words: insert, insinuate, interpolate, introduce:… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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  • penetrate — [[t]pe̱nɪtreɪt[/t]] penetrates, penetrating, penetrated 1) VERB If something or someone penetrates a physical object or an area, they succeed in getting into it or passing through it. [V n] X rays can penetrate many objects... [V n] His men had… …   English dictionary

  • penetrate */*/ — UK [ˈpenəˌtreɪt] / US verb Word forms penetrate : present tense I/you/we/they penetrate he/she/it penetrates present participle penetrating past tense penetrated past participle penetrated 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to get inside an object… …   English dictionary

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