intransitive verb. To enter, pass into, or force a way into.

intransitive verb. undefined

intransitive verb. To enter into and permeate.

intransitive verb. To affect deeply, as by being known or by arousing the emotions.

intransitive verb. undefined

intransitive verb. To insert the penis, a finger, or an object into the vagina or anus of (someone).

intransitive verb. To insert something into (the vagina or anus).

intransitive verb. To enter (an organization, for example), usually surreptitiously, so as to gain influence or information; infiltrate.

intransitive verb. To enter and gain a share of (a market).

intransitive verb. To grasp the significance of; understand.

intransitive verb. To see through.

intransitive verb. To enter or pass into something.

intransitive verb. To have an effect or influence, especially on the mind or emotions.

intransitive verb. To gain insight.

To pierce into or through; enter and make way into the inner or interior parts of: as, the rays of light penetrated the thick darkness of the cave.

To enter and affect deeply; influence; impress; hence, to enter and become part of; permeate: as, to be penetrated with a sense of gratitude.

To arrive at the inner contents or the meaning of; see through; discern; discover: as, to penetrate a mystery; to penetrate a design.

Synonyms Penetrate, Pierce, Perforate, Bore through, Transfix. Penetrate may mean no more than to make entrance into, and that slowly or with some difficulty, or it may have the meaning of pierce. Pierce means to penetrate deeply and quickly, and therefore presumably, although not necessarily, with some sharp instrument. (See Heb. iv. 12.) Perforate and bore through mean to make a hole through, the former generally expressing the making of a smaller hole, the latter expressing sustained labor or slowness: as, the book-worm perforates leather binding; the carpenter bores through a beam; a bullet perforates or pierces the body. To transfix is to pierce through, the instrument remaining in that which is transfixed: as, to transfix a bird with an arrow; to transfix a butterfly with a pin.

To enter by piercing; pass, as a piercing instrument; enter and make way; reach by piercing: literally or figuratively: usually followed by to or into.

intransitive verb. To pass; to make way; to pierce. Also used figuratively.

transitive verb. To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to effect an entrance into; to pierce.

transitive verb. To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings; to touch with feeling; to make sensible; to move deeply.

transitive verb. To pierce into by the mind; to arrive at the inner contents or meaning of, as of a mysterious or difficult subject; to comprehend; to understand.

verb. Manage to enter into.

verb. To achieve understanding despite (some obstacle thereto).

verb. To insert a penis into an opening, such as a vagina or anus.

verb. To infiltrate the enemy to gather intelligence.

verb. enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members

verb. insert the penis into the vagina or anus of

verb. come to understand

verb. pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance

verb. spread or diffuse through

verb. make one's way deeper into or through

verb. become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions

"Just letting the word penetrate one’s conscious mind …"

affect  enter  indent  perceive  pervade  

penetrable  penetration  

advance  enter  fall in  get together  go on  

acute  compel  intimate  keen  profound  

affect  auger  be glimpsed  be hep to  be on to  

penetrated  penetrates  penetrating