Overview of verb permeate

The verb permeate has 3 senses

• permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle -- (spread or diffuse through; "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"; "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks")


• percolate, sink in, permeate, filter -- (pass through; "Water permeates sand easily")


• interpenetrate, permeate -- (penetrate mutually or be interlocked; "The territories of two married people interpenetrate a lot")

Overview of adj permeating

The adj permeating has 1 sense

• permeant, permeating, permeative, pervasive -- (spreading or spread throughout; "armed with permeative irony...he punctures affectations"; "the pervasive odor of garlic"; "an error is pervasive if it is material to more than one conclusion")