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Adjective penetrating has 2 senses
- acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp - having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations"
Antonyms: unperceptive, unperceiving (indirect, via perceptive)
- penetrative, penetrating - tending to penetrate; having the power of entering or piercing; "a toxic penetrative spray applied to the surface"; "a cold penetrating wind"; "a penetrating odor"
Antonym: dull (indirect, via sharp)
Verb penetrate has 7 senses
- penetrate, perforate - pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; "The bullet penetrated her chest"
--1 is one way to enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
- penetrate, fathom, bottom - come to understand
--2 is one way to understand
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- click, get through, dawn, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into place - become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow"
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- infiltrate, penetrate - enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members; "The student organization was infiltrated by a traitor"
--4 is one way to join, fall in, get together
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- penetrate - make one's way deeper into ar through; "The hikers did not manage to penetrate the dense forest"
--5 is one way to advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
- penetrate - insert the penis into the vagina or anus of; "Did the molester penetrate the child?"
--6 is one way to insert, infix, enter, introduce
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue - spread or diffuse through; "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"
--7 is one way to penetrate, perforate
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
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