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Penetrating   /pˈɛnətrˌeɪtɪŋ/   Listen
Penetrating

adjective
1.
Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions.  Synonyms: acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrative, piercing, sharp.  "Incisive comments" , "Icy knifelike reasoning" , "As sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang" , "Penetrating insight" , "Frequent penetrative observations"
2.
Tending to penetrate; having the power of entering or piercing.  Synonym: penetrative.  "A cold penetrating wind" , "A penetrating odor"


Penetrate

verb
(past & past part. penetrated; pres. part. penetrating)
1.
Pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance.  Synonym: perforate.
2.
Come to understand.  Synonyms: bottom, fathom.
3.
Become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions.  Synonyms: click, come home, dawn, fall into place, get across, get through, sink in.  "She was penetrated with sorrow"
4.
Enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members.  Synonym: infiltrate.
5.
Make one's way deeper into or through.
6.
Insert the penis into the vagina or anus of.
7.
Spread or diffuse through.  Synonyms: diffuse, imbue, interpenetrate, permeate, pervade, riddle.  "Music penetrated the entire building" , "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks"



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"Penetrating" Quotes from Famous Books



... the critical discharges—not to attempt to check the process going on, but simply to assist the natural operation. His principles and practice were based on the theory of the existence of a restoring essence (or {physis}) penetrating through all creation; the agent which is constantly striving to preserve all things in their natural state, and to restore them when they are preternaturally deranged. In the management of this vis medicatrix naturae the art of the physician consisted. Attention, therefore, to regimen and ...
— Fathers of Biology • Charles McRae
... puddle trenches have been carried, for the purpose of penetrating water-bearing strata, and reaching impenetrable ground, in some cases, has been as much as 160 ft. below the natural surface of the ground, and the expense of timbering, pumping, and excavation in such an instance can be easily imagined. This may be realized by referring to ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 • Various
... that were made were numerous. In one place there were a number of people penetrating a path that led only to a hedge and deep ditch; indeed it was a ...
— Varney the Vampire - Or the Feast of Blood • Thomas Preskett Prest
... flooded with light, had been carefully closed. The iron door leading on deck was then securely fastened in such a manner as to prevent even a drop of water from penetrating to ...
— The Mysterious Island • Jules Verne
... Chinese merchants an enormous profit. Quite naturally that sagacious nation saw the danger of letting the truth concerning the origin, manufacture and cost of their most precious commodity pass into the possession of other people, and they strove to prevent foreigners from penetrating to their inland tea gardens, while they plied inquisitive enquirers with fairy tales which were eagerly swallowed. They said that every different kind of tea was the product of a different species of plant, which bore a different name, and that the manufacture was a most intricate process depending ...
— Tea Leaves • Francis Leggett & Co.


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