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durchdringen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • imbue verb To fill someone or something with a quality, feeling or idea so that it spreads through the whole of it.
  • permeate verb To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; applied especially to fluids which pass through substances of loose texture

Senses

durchdringen is used for these senses in English:

  • imbue In general, to act in a way which results in an object becoming completely permeated or impregnated by some quality.
  • permeate (transitive) To enter and spread through; to pervade.
  • run through (transitive, idiomatic) To pervade, of a quality that is characteristic of a group, organisation, or system.

imbue — full definition

  1. verb To fill someone or something with a quality, feeling or idea so that it spreads through the whole of it.
  2. verb To soak or saturate something with a liquid, especially a dye.

permeate — full definition

  1. verb To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; applied especially to fluids which pass through substances of loose texture
  2. verb To enter and spread through; to pervade.

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