penetrate
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: board-games
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Etymology: From Latin penētrātus, perfect passive participle of penētrō (“to put, set, or place within, enter, pierce, penetrate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from penes (“within, with”) by analogy to intrō (“to go in, enter”). Compare French pénétrer.
Affixes: -ate
Inflected forms:
form: penetrates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: penetrating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: penetrated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: penetrated
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to pierce.
pos: verb
examples: Light penetrates darkness.
He takes the prepared charcoal used by artists, brings it to a white heat, and suddenly plunges it in a bath of mercury, of which the globules instantly penetrate the pores of charcoal, and may be said to metallize it.
The native-born and the "naturalised" locomotives have been giving way to the standardised types, of which the L.M.S.R. class "5" 4-6-0 has led the way and has penetrated the furthest.
Considerable interest has developed within the defense community during recent years in weapons that are capable of penetrating some distance into the earth before detonating. […] To be generally effective, earth penetrating weapons (EPW) must be capable of penetrating various geologic targets, ranging from soil to rock, without producing critical damage to the payload.
and they, ... they .... fly though space, and they penetrate the atmosphere[…]after an amazing nine-month journey
Our results also identified the causative mutation of polydactylous Silkie was not exist in other nonpolydactyly chickens, suggesting that SNP of polydactyly in Silkie has fully penetrated all other indigenous Chinese chicken breeds.
Fire ants circumvented the problem of an ineffective sting by having an unusual and highly effective venom that when daubed or sprayed on other ants penetrates their waxy protective integumental barrier and kills or disables them.
gloss: To achieve understanding of, despite some obstacle; to comprehend; to understand.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
examples: I could not penetrate Burke's opaque rhetoric.
things which here were […]too subtile for us to penetrate
gloss: To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings; to move deeply.
pos: verb
examples: to penetrate one's heart with pity
The translator of Homer should penetrate himself with a sense of the plainness and directness of Homer's style.
I am advised to give her music o' mornings; they say it will penetrate
gloss: To infiltrate an enemy to gather intelligence.
pos: verb
gloss: To insert the penis into an orifice, such as a vagina, mouth, or anus.
pos: verb
examples: a male elephant comes up and penetrates the female
His weapons have been destroyed; his body has been or can be penetrated. In other words, he is rapable.
gloss: To move a piece past the defending pieces of one's opponent.
pos: verb
Related words: double-penetrate
Derived words: impenetrate
interpenetrate
nonpenetrated
overpenetrate
penetrable
penetrance
penetratee
penetrating fluid
penetrating oil
penetration
penetrator
repenetrate
underpenetrated
unpenetrated
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