Permeate
11permeate — [[t]pɜ͟ː(r)mieɪt[/t]] permeates, permeating, permeated 1) VERB If an idea, feeling, or attitude permeates a system or permeates society, it affects every part of it or is present throughout it. [V n] Bias against women permeates every level of… …
12permeate — verb 1 (intransitive always + adv/prep, transitive) if liquid, gas etc permeates something, it enters it and spreads through every part of it: Toxic chemicals may permeate the soil, threatening the environment. (+ through/into): Water had… …
13permeate — per|me|ate [ pɜrmi,eıt ] verb 1. ) transitive if an attitude or feeling permeates something, you can feel or see its influence clearly in every part of that thing: A sense of deep loss permeates Frost s poetry. 2. ) intransitive or transitive if… …
14permeate — verb 1) the delicious smell permeated the entire apartment Syn: pervade, spread through, fill, filter through, diffuse through, imbue, penetrate, pass through, percolate through, perfuse, charge, suffuse, steep, impregnate, inform 2) …
15permeate — verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: Latin permeatus, past participle of permeare, from per through + meare to go, pass; akin to Middle Welsh mynet to go, Czech míjet to pass Date: 1656 intransitive verb to diffuse through or penetrate something… …
16permeate — permeation, n. permeative, adj. permeator, n. /perr mee ayt /, v., permeated, permeating. v.t. 1. to pass into or through every part of: Bright sunshine permeated the room. 2. to penetrate through the pores, interstices, etc., of. 3. to be… …
17permeate — verb /ˈpɜːmiˌeɪt,ˈpɝmiˌeɪ̯t/ a) To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; applied especially to fluids which pass through substances of loose texture; as, water permeates… …
18permeate — 1. To pass through a membrane or other structure, typically by diffusion. 2. That which can so pass. [L. permeo, to pass through] * * * per·me·ate pər mē .āt vb, at·ed; at·ing vi to diffuse through or penetrate something vt to pass through the… …
19permeate — Synonyms and related words: bathe, bespread, besprinkle, breathe, brew, charge, color, crawl with, creep with, decoct, diffuse, douche, dredge, drench, drouk, dye, enter, entincture, extend throughout, fill, flavor, flush, honeycomb, imbrue,… …
20permeate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. pervade, saturate, overspread, infiltrate, penetrate. See passage, presence, mixture. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. pervade, saturate, penetrate, fill; see filter 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus)… …
