English-Bulgarian translations for penetrate

Definition of penetrate

• To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to pierce
• To achieve understanding of, despite some obstacle; to comprehend; to understand
• To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings; to move deeply
• To infiltrate an enemy to gather intelligence
• To move a piece past the defending pieces of one's opponent

Examples

• Light penetrates darkness.
• I could not penetrate Burkes opaque rhetoric.
• to penetrate ones heart with pity
• a male elephant comes up and penetrates the female elephant

Related words

• penetration
• penetrated
• penetrating
• interpenetration
• penetrative
• penetrator
• interpenetrate
• interpenetrative
• penetration test