penetrate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance
The bullet penetrated her chest
Types & categories
- enter hypernym
- dig into hyponym
- cut hyponym
- interpenetrate hyponym
- strike hyponym
- break hyponym
- foray hyponym
- poke into hyponym
- sneak in hyponym
- imbue hyponym
- honeycomb hyponym
- pierce hyponym
- pierce hyponym
- pierce hyponym
- tunnel hyponym
- filter hyponym
- grain hyponym
- plunge hyponym
- storm hyponym
- ooze through hyponym
Related & opposite
- perforation derivation
- penetrator derivation
Sense 2 verb
come to understand
Types & categories
- understand hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
It dawned on him that she had betrayed him
Related & opposite
- understand causes
Sense 4 verb
enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members
The student organization was infiltrated by a traitor
Types & categories
- join hypernym
Related & opposite
- infiltration derivation
- infiltrator derivation
Sense 5 verb
make one's way deeper into or through
The hikers did not manage to penetrate the dense forest
Types & categories
- advance hypernym
Related & opposite
- penetration derivation
Sense 6 verb
insert the penis into the vagina or anus of
Did the molester penetrate the child?
Types & categories
- insert hypernym
Related & opposite
- penetration derivation
Sense 7 verb
spread or diffuse through
An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- interpenetration derivation
- dispersal derivation
- diffuser derivation
- diffuser derivation
- permeation derivation
- diffusinga derivation
- permeant derivation
- penetrative derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | perforation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | penetrator |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | enter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dig into |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cut |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | interpenetrate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | strike |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | break |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | foray |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | poke into |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sneak in |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | imbue |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | honeycomb |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pierce |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pierce |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pierce |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tunnel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | filter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | grain |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | plunge |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | storm |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ooze through |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | insight |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | keen |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | understand |
| 3 | causes | Related & opposite | understand |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | infiltration |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | infiltrator |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | join |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | penetration |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | advance |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | penetration |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | insert |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | interpenetration |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispersal |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | diffuser |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | diffuser |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | permeation |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | diffusinga |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | permeant |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | penetrative |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | penetrate |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | spiritize |