INTERPENETRATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does interpenetrate mean? 

• INTERPENETRATE (verb)
  The verb INTERPENETRATE has 2 senses:

1. penetrate mutually or be interlocked

2. spread or diffuse through

  Familiarity information: INTERPENETRATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERPENETRATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they interpenetrate    ... he / she / it interpenetrates   
Past simple: interpenetrated   
Past participle: interpenetrated   
-ing form: interpenetrating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Penetrate mutually or be interlocked

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

interpenetrate; permeate

Context example:

The territories of two married people interpenetrate a lot

Hypernyms (to "interpenetrate" is one way to...):

penetrate; perforate (pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "interpenetrate"):

invade (penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

interpenetration (the action of penetrating between or among)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Spread or diffuse through

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

diffuse; imbue; interpenetrate; penetrate; permeate; pervade; riddle

Context example:

His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks

Hypernyms (to "interpenetrate" is one way to...):

penetrate; perforate (pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "interpenetrate"):

spiritise; spiritize (imbue with a spirit)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

interpenetration (mutual penetration; diffusion of each through the other)

 Context examples 

A class of gels—semisolid systems which consist of suspensions made up of either small inorganic particles or large organic molecules interpenetrated by a liquid—in which the structural coherent matrix contains a high portion of liquid, usually water.

(Jelly Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)