työntyä — meaning in English

English meaning

• penetrate verb To make a way into or through something; to pierce or pass into the interior of something.
• protrude verb To make something stick out beyond a surface or edge.
• thrust noun A sudden strong push or lunge forward.

Senses

työntyä is used for these senses in English:

• penetrate To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to pierce.
• protrude (transitive) To cause to extend from a surface or boundary; to cause to stick out.
• thrust (intransitive) To make advance with force.

penetrate — full definition

1. verb To make a way into or through something; to pierce or pass into the interior of something.
2. verb To come to understand something fully despite difficulty; to see through to the truth of it.

protrude — full definition

1. verb To make something stick out beyond a surface or edge.
2. verb To push someone or something forcefully forward.
3. verb To state an opinion too forcefully or insistently.
4. verb To make something come out or appear.

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