noun
Meaning 1
A watery by-product of milk production.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
permeate
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɜːmiˌeɪt/
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General-American: /ˈpɝmiˌeɪ̯t/
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CMU ARPABET: P ER1 M IY0 EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Liquid that has passed through a filtration system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
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
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- water permeates sand
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To enter and spread through; to pervade.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Bright sunshine permeates the room on a sunny day.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: impregnate
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
penetrate mutually or be interlocked
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The territories of two married people interpenetrate a lot
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: interpenetrate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: penetrate, perforate
Narrower terms: invade
verb
Meaning 6
spread or diffuse through
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration
- music penetrated the entire building
- His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: penetrate, perforate
Narrower terms: spiritize, spiritise
verb
Meaning 7
pass through
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Water permeates sand easily
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: percolate, sink in, filter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: penetrate, perforate
Narrower terms: infiltrate
History
Etymology
First attested in 1656; borrowed from Latin permeātus, perfect passive participle of permeō (“to pass through”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Across languages
Translations
46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: թափանցել (tʻapʻancʻel) — to pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement
- Armenian: տարածվե (taracve) — to pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement
- Bulgarian: просмуквам се (prosmukvam se) — to pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement
- Bulgarian: пропивам се (propivam se) — to pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement
- Chinese Mandarin: 滲透 /渗透 (shèntòu) — to pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement
- Chinese Mandarin: 彌漫 /弥漫 (mímàn) — to pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement
- Czech: prosakovat — to pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement
- Czech: prolínat — to pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement
- Czech: pronikat — to pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement
- Dutch: doordringen — to pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement
- Finnish: vuotaa läpi — to pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement
- Finnish: päästä läpi — to pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement
- Finnish: tunkeutua läpi — to pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement
- Finnish: kulkeutua läpi — to pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement
- Finnish: läpäistä — to pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement
- French: s'infiltrer — to pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement
- French: s'insinuer — to pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement
- German: durchsickern — to pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement
- German: durchdringen — to pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement
- Indonesian: tembus — to pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement
- Italian: permeare — to pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement
- Japanese: 染み込む (shimikomu) — to pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement
- Lithuanian: sunktis — to pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement
- Lithuanian: prasisunkti — to pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement
- Malay: تلڤ (telap) — to pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement
- Ossetian: хъарын (qaryn) — to pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement
- Portuguese: permear — to pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement
- Russian: проса́чиваться (prosáčivatʹsja) — to pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement
- Russian: пропи́тывать (propítyvatʹ) — to pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement
- Russian: прони́зывать (pronízyvatʹ) — to pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement
- Russian: проника́ть (pronikátʹ) — to pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement
- Spanish: permear — to pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement
- Swedish: genomtränga — to pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement
- Tocharian B: snätk- — to pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement
- Bulgarian: разпространявам се (razprostranjavam se) — to enter and spread through; to pervade
- Czech: pronikat — to enter and spread through; to pervade
- Czech: proniknout — to enter and spread through; to pervade
- French: imprégner — to enter and spread through; to pervade
- German: durchdringen — to enter and spread through; to pervade
- German: sich verbreiten — to enter and spread through; to pervade
- Italian: permeare — to enter and spread through; to pervade
- Portuguese: permear — to enter and spread through; to pervade
- Russian: распространя́ться (rasprostranjátʹsja) — to enter and spread through; to pervade
- Russian: проника́ть (pronikátʹ) — to enter and spread through; to pervade
- Spanish: permear — to enter and spread through; to pervade
- Swedish: genomtränga — to enter and spread through; to pervade
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