penetrate

Meanings

• pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance
  • "The bullet penetrated her chest"
• come to understand
• become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
  • "she was penetrated with sorrow"
• enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members
• make one's way deeper into or through
  • "The hikers did not manage to penetrate the dense forest"
• insert the penis into the vagina or anus of
  • "Did the molester penetrate the child?"
• spread or diffuse through
  • "music penetrated the entire building"

Synonyms

bottom, click, come home, dawn, diffuse, fall into place, fathom, get across, get through, imbue, infiltrate, interpenetrate, perforate, permeate, pervade, riddle, sink in