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# permeate

«permeate» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **To spread through every part of something: "The smell of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (permeate, permeates, permeated, permeating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To spread through every part of something: "The smell of bread permeated the house." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/permeate/#m1)

2) (science) To pass through a material or a membrane: "Water permeates the soil." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/permeate/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science, liquids and gases permeate materials like soil, rock and cloth; a permeable rock lets water through, an impermeable one does not. In stories, a smell, feeling or idea permeates a place: "Fear permeated the village." Formal word.

### examples

- The smell of baking permeated the whole street. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/permeate/#x1)
- Rainwater permeates the sandy soil quickly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/permeate/#x2)
- A feeling of excitement permeated the school before the holidays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/permeate/#x3)
- Damp permeated the walls of the old house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/permeate/#x4)
- Music permeated every corner of the hall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/permeate/#x5)
- Ink permeated the paper towel in our experiment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/permeate/#x6)

### note

Regular verb. Related: permeable (lets liquid through: sand, sponge), impermeable (does not: plastic, clay). Pronounced "PUR-mee-ate".

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «permeate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/permeate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.