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adjective
1.
able or tending to penetrate; piercing; sharp: a penetrating shriek; a penetrating glance.
2.
acute; discerning: a penetrating observation.
3.
Surgery. noting a wound that pierces the skin, especially a deep wound entering an organ or body cavity.
Also, penetrant.
Related forms
pen·e·trat·ing·ly, adverb
pen·e·trat·ing·ness, noun
non·pen·e·trat·ing, adjective
un·pen·e·trat·ing, adjective
un·pen·e·trat·ing·ly, adverb
Antonyms
1. blunt. 2. obtuse.
1. blunt. 2. obtuse.
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verb (used with object)
1.
to pierce or pass into or through: The bullet penetrated the wall. The fog lights penetrated the mist.
2.
to enter the interior of: to penetrate a forest.
3.
to enter and diffuse itself through; permeate.
4.
to arrive at the truth or meaning of; understand; comprehend: to penetrate a mystery.
5.
EXPANDto obtain a share of (a market): to penetrate the Canadian coffee market.
6.
to affect or impress (the mind or feelings) deeply.
7.
COLLAPSEto extend influence, usually peacefully, into the affairs of (another country).
verb (used without object)
8.
to enter, reach, or pass through something, as by piercing: We penetrated to the interior of the Kasbah.
9.
to be diffused through something.
10.
to understand or read the meaning of something.
11.
to have a deep effect or impact on someone.
Origin:
1520–30; < Latin penetrātus (past participle of penetrāre), equivalent to penet-, variant stem of penitus deep down + -r- (probably by analogy with intus inside: intrāre to enter) + -ātus + -ate1
1520–30; < Latin penetrātus (past participle of penetrāre), equivalent to penet-, variant stem of penitus deep down + -r- (probably by analogy with intus inside: intrāre to enter) + -ātus + -ate1
Related forms
pen·e·tra·tor, noun
pre·pen·e·trate, verb (used with object), -trat·ed, -trat·ing.
un·pen·e·trat·ed, adjective
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Word Origin & History
penetrate
1412 (implied in penetrable), from L. penetratus, pp. of penetrare "to put or get into, enter into," related to penitus "within, inmost," penus "innermost part of a temple, store of food," penates "household gods." Penetration is first attested 1605, from L. penetrationem (nom. penetratio) "a penetrating
EXPANDor piercing," from penetrare. The sexual sense is attested from 1613. Penetrating in the fig. sense of "touching the feelings intensely" is attested from 1632.
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