durchdringen — meaning in English

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 gradually into or through something, especially a loosely-textured substance, without damaging it.

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 gradually into or through something, especially a loosely-textured substance, without damaging it.
2. verb To spread all through something and reach every part of it.

Related German words