permeate (verb)

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• permeate — ► VERB ▪ spread throughout; pervade. DERIVATIVES permeation noun permeator noun. ORIGIN Latin permeare pass through …   English terms dictionary

• permeate — verb Permeate is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑attitude Permeate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑society, ↑whole …   Collocations dictionary

• permeate — 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… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• permeate — I verb bathe, diffuse, drench, fill, go through, imbue, impregnate, infiltrate, infuse, inject, interpenetrate, leaven, osmose, overrun, overspread, pass through, penetrate, percolate, pervade, run through, saturate, seep, soak, souse, spread… …   Law dictionary

• permeate — 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) …   Thesaurus of popular words

• permeate — 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… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• permeate — 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… …   Wiktionary

• permeate — [[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… …   English dictionary

• permeate — UK [ˈpɜː(r)mɪeɪt] / US [ˈpɜrmɪˌeɪt] verb Word forms permeate : present tense I/you/we/they permeate he/she/it permeates present participle permeating past tense permeated past participle permeated 1) [transitive] if an attitude or feeling… …   English dictionary

• permeate — 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… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• permeate — [c]/ˈpɜmieɪt / (say permeeayt) verb (permeated, permeating) –verb (t) 1. to pass through the substance or mass of. 2. to penetrate through the pores, interstices, etc., of. 3. to be diffused through; pervade; saturate. –verb (i) 4. to penetrate;… …