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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
Familiarity information: INTERPENETRATE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |




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)
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