penetrate :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

v. come to understand

v. pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; "The bullet penetrated her chest"

click, get through, come home to, dawn on, sink in, click with, get across, came to, fall into place

v. be in or establish communication with; "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia"

feel, sense, pick up, perceive

v. to become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon"

digest, arrange in the mind

v. arrange and integrate in the mind; "I cannot digest all this information"

infiltrate

v. of liquids

punch, perforate

v. make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation; "perforate the sheets of paper"

puncture, make a hole into

v. pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into; "puncture a tire"

soak

v. submerge in a liquid; "I soaked in the hot tub for an hour"

drill, bore

v. make a hole with a pointed power or hand tool; "don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"; "drill a hole into the wall"; "drill for oil"

tunnel, burrow

v. move through by or as by digging; "burrow through the forest"

dig, turn over, delve, cut into

v. turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration"

saturate, make saturated

v. cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance

unravel, unscramble, unpick, unknot, untangle

v. become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of; "unravel the thread"

grasp, dig, compass, savvy, comprehend, apprehend, get the picture, understand

v. get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"

strike, impress, move, affect, make an impression on

v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"

leave, exit, go out, get out

v. move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country"

draw, take out, withdraw

v. remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"

mistake, confuse, misconstrue, confound, misinterpret, misconceive, misunderstand, misapprehend, take amiss

v. interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks"

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