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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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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