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проника́ть — meaning in English

pronikat

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English meaning

  • infiltrate verb To secretly gain entry into an organization or place, often to spy or cause harm.
  • penetrate verb To make a way into or through something; to pierce or pass into the interior of something.
  • perforate verb IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ˈpɜː.fə.ɹeɪt/
  • 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

проника́ть is used for these senses in English:

  • infiltrate (ambitransitive) To surreptitiously penetrate, enter or gain access to.
  • penetrate To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to pierce.
  • perforate (transitive) To pierce; to penetrate.
  • permeate (transitive) 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
  • permeate (transitive) To enter and spread through; to pervade.

infiltrate — full definition

  1. verb To secretly gain entry into an organization or place, often to spy or cause harm.
  2. verb To pass gradually into something, as a liquid seeping through a material.

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.

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