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Meanings of permeate in English

Portuguese
permear

Spread or diffuse through.

permear

Pass through.

Synonyms
Examples for "filter"
Examples for "filter"
1
A good water filter helps here, and bottled water is always preferable.
The everything chinese cookbook: from wonton soup to sweet and s...
2
You need to have the courage to filter that, Commissioner Fuller said.
Radio NZ
3
Use a water filter if you are drinking water from the tap.
The Irish Times
4
Is what he did so different to using an Instagram filter today?
The South African
5
Reality appears in a slightly milder light through the filter of cynicism.
Kennedy's brain
1
In this angel-fearful place, all manner of things percolate through the dark.
The Irish Times
2
This took a while to stop seeming funny, and to percolate inwards.
Quicksilver
3
The justices should not let more such laws and resulting constitutional challenges percolate.
Forbes
4
You have to wait for the right one to percolate though.
Reuters
5
Lost in thought, I let my mind percolate on its own.
The incumbent
1
We sink in water; in air we tumble; on earth we stumble.
Foul Play
2
And she paused to let the splendour of the gift sink in.
The Admirable Tinker / Child of the World
3
Huyayy blinked as the truth of her words began to sink in.
Mother of the believers: a novel of the birth of islam
4
It seemed to take several seconds for my words to sink in.
Changes
5
It only took a moment for the scribbler's words to sink in.
The road to rome: a forgotten legion chronicle
Usage of permeate in English
1
Most executives understand that digital technologies permeate nearly every function of business.
The Irish Times
2
The thread-like branches permeate the earth or whatever the mushroom grows upon.
Among the Mushrooms: A Guide For Beginners
3
Poetic fancies in these lines permeate the early literature of diverse peoples.
For Every Music Lover / A Series of Practical Essays on Music
4
The fumes of bad tobacco and whisky began to permeate the closet.
Canoe Boys and Campfires; Or, Adventures on Winding Waters
5
New conceptions of Right and Wrong must generate and permeate the workers.
The Red Conspiracy
6
Despite the tension that seemed to permeate the city, I was excited.
Cleopatra's Moon
7
Now my nerves are shattered-intellectual ,moral ,physicalanguish permeate in every part.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance
8
The sun's harmful UV rays can permeate clouds and still cause damage.
The South African
9
It will permeate our lives, energize our bodies, and fuel our imaginations.
Heaven
10
Steep mountains are never hackneyed: Cook's Personally Conducted will never permeate Kashmir.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 22...
11
Yet political hit jobs are as old as politics and permeate NZ's history.
Radio NZ
12
In Conclave, however, the outside world does permeate their holy seclusion.
The Guardian
13
Recent research has demonstrated that bovine milk and whey permeate also contain oligosaccharides.
Pubmed
14
They permeate our world, providing a parallel, alternative version of reality.
The Irish Times
15
The odour of perfumed paper turning to punk begins to permeate the room.
The crimson petal and the white
16
All social movements tend to begin at the top and to permeate downwards.
Essays in War-Time: Further Studies in the Task of Social Hygien...
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Translations for permeate
Portuguese
permear
Permeate through the time
Permeate across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common