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Permeate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To spread or flow throughout; pervade: "Our thinking is permeated by our historical myths” ( Freeman J. Dyson). See Synonyms at charge.

v. To pass through the openings or interstices of: liquid permeating a membrane.

verb-intransitive. To spread through or penetrate something.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. 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 sand.

v. To enter and spread through; to pervade.

n. A watery by-product of milk production.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. 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.

v. To enter and spread through; to pervade.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To pass into or through without rupture or displacement of parts; spread through and fill the openings, pores, and interstices of; hence, to saturate; pervade: as, water permeates sand; the air was permeated with smoke.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. pass through

v. penetrate mutually or be interlocked

v. spread or diffuse through

Word Usage

"The permeate is processed to remove the lactose, which is used to create ethanol."

Verb Form

permeated permeates permeating

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

pervade