permear — meaning in English
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English meaning
- impregnate verb To make a woman or female animal pregnant.
- percolate verb To let a liquid slowly pass through something full of tiny holes, so as to filter it.
- permeate verb To pass gradually into or through something, especially a loosely-textured substance, without damaging it.
- pervade verb To spread through every part of something, so that its presence is felt everywhere.
Senses
permear is used for these senses in English:
- impregnate (transitive) To fill pores or spaces with a substance.
- percolate (transitive) To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.
- pervade (transitive) To be in every part of; to spread through; to permeate.
impregnate — full definition
- verb To make a woman or female animal pregnant.
- verb To soak, fill, or saturate a material thoroughly with a substance.
percolate — full definition
- verb To let a liquid slowly pass through something full of tiny holes, so as to filter it.
- verb To seep or trickle gradually through a material with tiny holes in it.
- verb To brew coffee using a percolator.
- verb To be made, or to make coffee, using a percolator.
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