permear — meaning in English
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English meaning
- impregnate verb To make a woman or female animal pregnant.
- percolate verb To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.
- 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
- 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 pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.
- verb To drain or seep through a porous substance.
- verb To make (coffee) in a percolator.
- verb (of coffee) to be prepared by percolation; (of a coffee pot) to brew coffee in this way.