- penetrate⇄penetrate, verb, -trated,-trating.
- penetrate⇄v.i. 1. to pass through; make a way.
Ex. Even where the trees were thickest, the sunshine penetrated.
2. (Figurative.) to affect the feelings.
Ex. I advised him to give her music o' mornings; they say it will penetrate (Shakespeare). - penetrate⇄v.t. 1. to get into or through.
Ex. A bullet can penetrate this wall, or two inches into that wall.
2. to pierce through.
Ex. Our eyes could not penetrate the darkness.
3. to soak through; spread through.
Ex. The aroma of