penetrate

Etymology
From, past participle of , from by analogy to.

Verb

 * 1) To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to pierce.
 * 2)  To achieve understanding of, despite some obstacle; to comprehend; to understand.
 * 3) To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings; to move deeply.
 * 4) To infiltrate an enemy to gather intelligence.
 * 5) To insert the penis into an orifice, such as a vagina, mouth, or anus.
 * 6)  To move a piece past the defending pieces of one's opponent.
 * 1) To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings; to move deeply.
 * 2) To infiltrate an enemy to gather intelligence.
 * 3) To insert the penis into an orifice, such as a vagina, mouth, or anus.
 * 4)  To move a piece past the defending pieces of one's opponent.
 * 1) To infiltrate an enemy to gather intelligence.
 * 2) To insert the penis into an orifice, such as a vagina, mouth, or anus.
 * 3)  To move a piece past the defending pieces of one's opponent.
 * 1) To insert the penis into an orifice, such as a vagina, mouth, or anus.
 * 2)  To move a piece past the defending pieces of one's opponent.
 * 1)  To move a piece past the defending pieces of one's opponent.
 * 1)  To move a piece past the defending pieces of one's opponent.

Usage notes
The sexual sense is a modern innovation rarely attested in older writing. In modern usage, the unaccompanied word penetrate and its derivatives often refer to sexual penetration, outside of certain set phrases such as market penetration.

Related terms

 * double-penetrate

Translations

 * Arabic: اِخْتَرَقَ
 * Aromanian: pitrundu
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:, минавам през
 * Catalan:
 * Cherokee: ᎠᏔᎳᎦᏍᎦ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: trænge ind
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: penetri, eniri
 * Estonian: läbistama
 * Finnish:, työntyä
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: შეღწევა
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: treáigh
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 突き通る
 * Korean:
 * Latin:, penetrō
 * Lithuanian: skverbtis, prasiskverbti, įsiskverbti, kišti
 * Maori: ngoto
 * Norwegian: trenge inn
 * Old English: ġeondfaran
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:, , penetrować, spenetrować
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: pasukin
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: проника́ти, прони́кнути


 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: läbistama
 * Finnish: penetroida
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Karok: ápafur
 * Korean:
 * Lithuanian: kišti
 * Persian:
 * Polish: penetrować, spenetrować
 * Romanian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: pasukin
 * Turkish: