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Definition: PENETRATED |
PENETRATEDImperative & past participle1. Of Penetrate |
Date "PENETRATED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Affections | Adjective: affected, characterized, formed, molded, cast; attempered, tempered; framed; predisposed; prone, inclined; having a bias; Noun: tinctured with, imbued with, penetrated with, eaten up with. |
Belief | Under the impression; impressed with, imbued with, penetrated with. |
Feeling | Impressed with, moved with, touched with, affected with, penetrated with, seized with, imbued with; devoured by; wrought up; (excited); struck all of a heap; rapt; in a quiver; Noun: enraptured. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | He penetrated my land as he penetrated my ass, and that is not permitted (Jackass; writing credit: Donald Spoto; Eric Overmyer) Well, look who penetrated the inner-circle (Will & Grace; writing credit: Evan Weinstein) A small rebel force has penetrated the shield and landed on Endor (Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi; writing credit: George Lucas; Lawrence Kasdan) | |
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Books | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Transmission electron micrograph of reovirus type 3. Both inner and outer capsid shells are present. Some virions are penetrated by negative stain. Credit: CDC. |  | Line engraving after a sketch by Alexander Simplot, published in "Harper's Weekly", 1862. This action between Federal gunboats and Confederate shore batteries took place on 17 June 1862. USS Mound City was disabled by a shot that penetrated her steam drum, causing heavy casualties among her crew. Other U.S. ships present were the ironclad Saint Louis (seen in the right foreground) and "timberclads" Lexington and Conestoga. The gunboat in left center is one of the "timberclads". Credit: NAVY. |
 | Little Eva converting Topsy--"In that moment a ray of real belief, a ray of heavenly love, had penetrated the darkness of her heathen soul". Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | The closer you penetrated to the substance of his mind, the sounder it appeared |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | An active circulation kindled everything and penetrated everywhere |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | At the open door of the car the gray starlight penetrated a little |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Sunlight produces high intensities of UV and finely dispersed aerosols of the kind that infect humans are readily penetrated by the light. (references) | |
Sometimes the cornea is damaged after a foreign object has penetrated the tissue, such as from a poke in the eye. At other times, bacteria or fungi from a contaminated contact lens can pass into the cornea. (references) | ||
Business | Last year, Russian guns successfully penetrated the Peruvian market, offering good quality products at lower prices. (references) | |
However, since the privatization and the opening of the market, several other important carriers have penetrated the market and will be playing an important role in the market demand for telecommunications equipment. (references) | ||
In fact, robot imports into Japan remain fairly small in number with the exception of certain segments of the market - such as controllers and sensor software - where foreign firms have penetrated the market successfully. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | East Timor | For example, in August 2000, militia members who penetrated East Timor as far as the Manufahi district, in the central sector, caused more than 1,000 local residents to flee their villages for fear of militia attacks. (references) |
Economic History | Zambia | After the mid-19th century, it was penetrated by Western explorers, missionaries, and traders. (references) |
Mozambique | Later, traders and prospectors penetrated the interior regions seeking gold and slaves. (references) | |
Human Rights | Tanzania | During the years in which the country was a 1-party state, the CCM penetrated all levels of society through local cells, varying in size from single family homes to large apartment buildings and containing from 10 to 200 persons. (references) |
Political Economy | Austria | The FPO has attracted protest voters who no longer desire association with the other two major parties that have penetrated many aspects of everyday life in Austria. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ZEUS, n. The chief of Grecian gods, adored by the Romans as Jupiter and by the modern Americans as God, Gold, Mob and Dog. Some explorers who have touched upon the shores of America, and one who professes to have penetrated a considerable distance to the interior, have thought that these four names stand for as many distinct deities, but in his monumental work on Surviving Faiths, Frumpp insists that the natives are monotheists, each having no other god than himself, whom he worships under many sacred names. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "PENETRATED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 53.89% of the time. "PENETRATED" is used about 360 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 53.89% | 194 | 22,014 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 44.72% | 161 | 24,661 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 1.39% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 360 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "PENETRATED". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Troas | N/A | Biblical | Penetrated |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Expressions using "PENETRATED": be penetrated ♦ penetrated with. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "PENETRATED": easily-penetrated. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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| Language | Translations for "PENETRATED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 鞭闢入裡 (incisive, trenchant), 击穿 (Penetrate, Penetrating). (various references) | |
Danish | de store stykker raamalm angribes kun lidt af de reducerende gasser (large lumps of run-of-mine ore are not readily penetrated by the reducing gases). (various references) | |
Dutch | bij grote stukken ruw erts of ROM-(run-of-mine)-erts kan het reducerende gas niet gemakkelijk tot in de kern van het erts doordringen (large lumps of run-of-mine ore are not readily penetrated by the reducing gases). (various references) | |
French | pénétrés, pénétrée, pénétrâmes, pénétrèrent. (various references) | |
German | durchgedrungen (permeated), druchdrang. (various references) | |
Greek | οι μεγάλου μεγέθους κόνδυλοι ακατέργαστου μεταλλεύματος δεν προσβάλλονται εύκολα από τα αναγωγικά αέρια (large lumps of run-of-mine ore are not readily penetrated by the reducing gases). (various references) | |
Indonesian | terrembes, bolos (not present, play-truant, truant). (various references) | |
Italian | i grossi pezzi di minerale grezzo sono poco accessibili ai gas riducenti (large lumps of run-of-mine ore are not readily penetrated by the reducing gases). (various references) | |
Korean | 관통하" (Pierced). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | enetratedpay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | os grandes blocos de minerais tout-venant são pouco alteráveis pelos gases redutores (large lumps of run-of-mine ore are not readily penetrated by the reducing gases). (various references) | |
Spanish | los grandes bloques de minerales tal como salen de la mina no son fácilmente tratables por los gases reductores (large lumps of run-of-mine ore are not readily penetrated by the reducing gases). (various references) | |
Swedish | genomandad (instinct). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "PENETRATED": interpenetrated. (additional references) | |
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"PENETRATED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: denaturated, penaltriate, penentrate, penetraded, penetrant, penetrator, penitrate, peretrated. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "PENETRATED" (pronounced pe"nutrā'tud) |
| 7 | -u t r ā' t u d | arbitrated, perpetrated. |
| 6 | -t r ā' t u d | castrated, concentrated, demonstrated, frustrated, illustrated, infiltrated, orchestrated. |
| 5 | -r ā' t u d | aspirated, calibrated, celebrated, consecrated, denigrated, disintegrated, emigrated, gyrated, hydrated, immigrated, integrated, migrated, narrated, reintegrated, serrated. |
| 4 | -ā' t u d | abrogated, accelerated, accentuated, acclimated, accommodated, abbreviated, abdicated, accumulated, activated, adjudicated, adulterated, advocated, affiliated, aggravated, aggregated, agitated, alienated, alleviated, allocated, alternated, amalgamated, ameliorated, amputated, angulated, animated, annihilated, anticipated, antiquated, appreciated, appropriated, approximated, articulated, assassinated, assimilated, associated, attenuated, authenticated, automated, backdated, bifurcated, caffeinated, calculated, capitulated, captivated, carbonated, castigated, chlorinated, circulated, collaborated, commemorated, communicated, compensated, complicated, confiscated, congratulated, congregated, consolidated, constipated, consummated, contaminated, contemplated, cooperated, correlated, corroborated, corrugated, crenelated, culminated, cultivated, deactivated, debilitated, decaffeinated, decapitated, decelerated, decimated, decontaminated, decorated, degenerated, delegated, deliberated, delineated, denominated, depreciated, desegregated, designated, deteriorated, detonated, devaluated, devastated, deviated, dictated, differentiated, dilapidated, interpolated, interrogated, intimated, intimidated, intoxicated, inundated, invalidated, investigated, invigorated, irradiated, irrigated, irritated, isolated, laminated, legislated, levitated, liberated, liquidated, litigated, located, lubricated, discriminated, disseminated, dissipated, domesticated, dominated, donated, duplicated, educated, elevated, eliminated, elucidated, emaciated, emanated, emancipated, emasculated, emulated, encapsulated, enumerated, enunciated, eradicated, escalated, estimated, evacuated, evaluated, evaporated, eviscerated, exacerbated, exaggerated, exasperated, excavated, excommunicated, excoriated, exhilarated, exonerated, expropriated, exterminated, extrapolated, extricated, fabricated, facilitated, fascinated, federated, fixated, flagellated, fluctuated, formulated, generated, germinated, glaciated, graduated, gravitated, halogenated, hesitated, humiliated, hydrogenated, hyphenated, illuminated, imitated, impersonated, implicated, impregnated, inactivated, inaugurated, incapacitated, incarcerated, incinerated, incorporated, inculcated, indicated, indoctrinated, infatuated, infuriated, initiated, innovated, inoculated, instigated, insulated, mandated, manipulated, marinated, masturbated, mediated, medicated, misallocated, misappropriated, miscalculated, mitigated, moderated, motivated, mutated, mutilated, nauseated, navigated, necessitated, negotiated, nominated, nonregulated, obligated, obliterated, officiated, operated, opinionated, orientated, originated, outdated, overestimated, overregulated, overstated, oxygenated, participated, perforated, permeated, perpetuated, pollinated, pontificated, populated, precipitated, predicated, predominated, prefabricated, premeditated, prognosticated, proliferated, promulgated, propagated, punctuated, radiated, reactivated, reallocated, rebated, recalculated, reciprocated, recreated, redecorated, reevaluated, reformulated, refrigerated, regenerated, regulated, rehabilitated, reincarnated, reinvigorated, reiterated, rejuvenated, relegated, renegotiated, renominated, renovated, repatriated, replicated, repudiated, resonated, resuscitated, retaliated, reverberated, rotated, ruminated, salivated, saturated, segregated, separated, simulated, situated, sophisticated, speculated, stagnated, stalemated, stimulated, stipulated, subjugated, subordinated, substantiated, suffocated, syncopated, syndicated, tabulated, terminated, titillated, tolerated, truncated, unadulterated, unaffiliated, unallocated, unanticipated, unappreciated, uncompensated, uncomplicated, unconsolidated, uncontaminated, underestimated, understated, undifferentiated, uneducated, unincorporated, uninitiated, unmitigated, unregulated, unsaturated, unsophisticated, unsubstantiated, venerated, ventilated. |
| 3 | -t u d | abstracted, abutted, accented, accepted, abated, abducted, abetted, aborted, accosted, accounted, accredited, acquainted, acquitted, acted, adapted, addicted, adjusted, admitted, adopted, affected, afflicted, affronted, airlifted, alerted, allotted, amounted, annotated, anted, appointed, arrested, assaulted, asserted, assisted, assorted, attempted, attested, attracted, attributed, audited, augmented, averted, awaited, baited, bankrupted, bated, batted, belated, belted, benefited, benefitted, benighted, berated, bested, bigoted, blacklisted, blanketed, blasted, blighted, bloated, blunted, blurted, boasted, boated, bolted, boosted, booted, boycotted, breasted, budgeted, busted, carbureted, carotid, carpeted, carted, catapulted, cemented, chanted, charted, chatted, cheated, chested, circuited, circumvented, cited, closeted, clotted, coasted, coated, coexisted, collected, comforted, commented, committed, commuted, compacted, competed, complemented, completed, complimented, computed, conceited, concerted, concocted, conducted, conflicted, confronted, congested, conjugated, connected, conscripted, consented, consisted, constituted, constricted, constructed, consulted, contacted, contented, contested, contorted, contracted, contradicted, contrasted, contributed, converted, convicted, convoluted, coordinated, copyrighted, corrected, corrupted, costed, counted, counteracted, counterfeited, courted, coveted, crafted, created, credited, cremated, crested, crusted, darted, dated, daunted, debated, dedicated, deducted, defaulted, defeated, defected, deflated, deflected, dehydrated, dejected, deleted, delighted, delisted, demented, demoted, denoted, dented, departed, depicted, depleted, deported, deposited, deregulated, desecrated, deserted, destructed, detected, detested, detracted, devoted, digested, dilated, diluted, directed, disaffected, disappointed, disassociated, disconnected, discontented, interpreted, interrelated, interrupted, intersected, introverted, invented, inverted, invested, invited, jacketed, jetted, jilted, jointed, jolted, jotted, knighted, knitted, knotted, lambasted, lamented, lasted, lifted, lighted, lighthearted, limited, listed, looted, lusted, discounted, discredited, disenchanted, disgusted, disinterested, disinvited, disjointed, dislocated, disoriented, dispirited, disputed, disrespected, disrupted, dissected, dissented, distorted, distracted, distributed, distrusted, diverted, divested, documented, dotted, doubted, drafted, drifted, dusted, edited, effected, ejected, elaborated, elated, elected, electrocuted, elicited, elongated, emitted, enacted, enchanted, encrusted, encrypted, enlisted, entrusted, equated, erected, erupted, escorted, evicted, exacted, exalted, excepted, excerpted, excited, executed, exempted, exerted, exhausted, exhibited, exhorted, existed, exited, expected, expedited, experimented, exploited, exported, extorted, extracted, extradited, extroverted, exulted, faceted, fainted, fainthearted, farsighted, fasted, fated, faulted, feasted, fermented, ferreted, feted, fetid, filleted, fingerprinted, fisted, fitted, flabbergasted, flaunted, flirted, floated, flouted, foisted, fomented, footed, footnoted, forecasted, forested, forfeited, fragmented, frequented, fretted, fronted, frosted, gated, gifted, gloated, glutted, grafted, granted, grated, greeted, grunted, guested, gusted, gutted, halfhearted, hallucinated, halted, handcrafted, harvested, hated, hearted, heated, helmeted, highlighted, hinted, hoisted, hooted, hosted, hunted, ignited, impacted, imparted, implanted, implemented, imported, imprinted, imputed, incited, indebted, indicted, indited, inducted, infected, infested, inflated, inflected, inflicted, ingested, inhabited, inherited, inhibited, injected, inserted, insinuated, insisted, inspected, instituted, instructed, insulted, interacted, intercepted, interconnected, interdicted, interested, interjected, maladjusted, malted, maltreated, manifested, marketed, masted, mated, melted, merited, meted, minted, misdirected, misinterpreted, misquoted, misreported, misrepresented, misstated, mistreated, mistrusted, modulated, molested, mounted, multifaceted, muted, nearsighted, negated, neglected, nested, netted, noted, objected, obstructed, omitted, opted, orbited, oriented, ornamented, ousted, outed, outfitted, outlasted, outvoted, overacted, overexcited, overheated, overpopulated, overrated, overreacted, overrepresented, overweighted, painted, panted, parachuted, parted, pasted, patented, patted, pelleted, pelted, perfected, permitted, persecuted, persisted, perverted, petted, picketed, piloted, pinpointed, pirated, pitted, pivoted, planted, plated, plotted, plummeted, pocketed, pointed, polluted, ported, posited, posted, potted, pouted, predated, predicted, preempted, preexisted, presented, prevented, printed, profited, prohibited, projected, promoted, prompted, prorated, prosecuted, protected, protested, protracted, purported, putted, quieted, quilted, quoted, rafted, ranted, ratcheted, rated, reacted, readjusted, readmitted, reappointed, rearrested, reasserted, rebutted, recanted, recited, recollected, reconnected, reconstituted, reconstructed, recounted, recruited, redacted, redirected, redistributed, redrafted, reelected, reenacted, refitted, reflected, refuted, regimented, regretted, reignited, reinstated, reinstituted, reinterpreted, reinvented, reinvested, reinvited, rejected, related, relented, relocated, remarketed, remitted, rented, repainted, repeated, repented, replanted, reported, represented, reprinted, reputed, requested, rerouted, resented, resisted, resorted, respected, restarted, restated, rested, restricted, resubmitted, resulted, resurrected, retested, retorted, retracted, retreated, retrofitted, reunited, reverted, revisited, revolted, righted, rioted, riveted, roasted, rocketed, roosted, rooted, rotted, rusted, rutted, sainted, salted, saluted, sandblasted, sated, scapegoated, scented, scouted, scripted, sculpted, seated, secreted, sedated, segmented, selected, shafted, shifted, shorted, shortsighted, shouted, shunted, sifted, sighted, silhouetted, sited, skated, skirted, skyrocketed, slanted, slated, slighted, slotted, snorted, solicited, sorted, spirited, sported, spotlighted, spotted, spouted, sprinted, sprouted, spurted, squirted, started, stated, stilted, stunted, subcontracted, subjected, submitted, substituted, subtracted, subverted, suggested, suited, superheated, supplanted, supplemented, supported, surmounted, suspected, swatted, sweated, tainted, talented, targeted, tasted, taunted, tempted, tested, throated, thwarted, ticketed, tightfisted, tilted, tinted, toasted, tormented, toted, touted, transacted, transected, translated, transmitted, transplanted, transported, treated, trotted, trumpeted, trusted, tufted, twisted, unabated, unaccounted, unaccredited, unadjusted, unaffected, unassisted, unaudited, unbolted, uncharted, uncoated, uncollected, uncommitted, uncompleted, unconnected, uncontested, uncontradicted, unconverted, uncoordinated, uncorrected, uncorroborated, uncounted, undated, undaunted, undefeated, undercounted, underrated, underreported, underrepresented, undetected, undiluted, undisputed, undistributed, undocumented, undoubted, unedited, unelected, unexpected, unexploited, unindicted, uninfected, uninhabited, uninhibited, uninterested, uninterrupted, uninvited, United, unlimited, unlisted, unmolested, unobstructed, unpainted, unprecedented, unprotected, unrated, unreconstructed, unrelated, unreported, unrepresented, unrequited, unrestricted, unscripted, unseated, unsolicited, unstated, unsuited, unsupported, unsuspected, untainted, untested, untreated, unwanted, unwarranted, updated, uplifted, uprooted, vacated, vaccinated, vacillated, validated, vatted, vaulted, vaunted, vented, vested, vetted, vindicated, violated, visited, voted, wafted, waited, wanted, warranted, wasted, weighted, whetted, whited, wholehearted, wilted, witted, worsted, wrested. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-e-n-p-r-t-t" | |
-1 letter: entreated, patterned, penetrate. | |
-2 letters: attendee, attender, departee, edentate, nattered, parented, patented, patentee, pattered, rattened, repeated, repented, repetend, tentered. | |
-3 letters: adepter, dentate, detente, entered, entreat, pattern, petered, predate, preened, preteen, pretend, ratteen, reptant, retaped, tapered, ternate, terpene, treated. | |
-4 letters: anteed, ardent, arpent, attend, deepen, deeper, depart, derate, detent, earned, endear, enrapt, entera, entrap, entree, eterne. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-e-n-p-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: repatterned. | |
+2 letters: predestinate. | |
+3 letters: interpellated, predestinated, predestinates. | |
+4 letters: interpermeated, unpremeditated. | |
+5 letters: departmentalize, hyperventilated, interpenetrated. | |
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