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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar

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penetrate

/ˈpɛnɪtreɪt/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈpɛnɪtreɪt/

penetrate

Syllables: 3 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Final e often stays silent

pe - net - rate -> penetrate

Myanmar meaning

(v) ထွင်းဖောက်သည်။ ထိုးထွင်းသိသည်၊မြင်သည်။ သဘောပေါက်သည်။ လိင်တံကိုယောနိအတွင်းသို့သွင်းသည်။

Full entry

penetrate /'penÇtreÇt/ v

၁။ ~ (into/through) ဖောက်သည်။ ထိုးဖောက်သည်။ ခွဲသည်။ စိမ့်ဝင်ထိုးဖောက်သည်။ ချဉ်းနင်း ဝင်ရောက်သည်။ The bullet penetrated his lung. ❍ The party has been penetrated by extremists. ❍ A shrill cry penetrated the silence. ❍ Our troops have penetrated deep into enemy territory. ❍ The heavy rain had penetrated right through her coat.
၂။ ထွင်းဖောက်သည်။ Our eyes could not penetrate the darkness. ❍ The headlamps penetrated the fog. ❍ We soon penetrated his disguise (ie saw who he really was).
၃။ ထိုးထွင်းသိသည်၊ မြင်သည်။ It was impossible to penetrate the mystery. ❍ He seemed to be able to penetrate my thoughts.
၄။ သဘောပေါက်သည်။ I explained the problem to him several times but it didn't seem to penetrate. ❍ Nothing we say penetrates his thick skull!
၅။ (fml ) လိင်တံကို ယောနိအတွင်းသို့သွင်းသည်။
❏ penetrating adj
၁။ စူးရှသော။ a penetrating mind/question/thinker ❍ a penetrating look/glance/stare.
၂။ စူးစူးဝါးဝါးအော်(သံ)။ a penetrating cry/shriek/yell.

More examples

A piece of glass had penetrated the skin.
They had penetrated deep into enemy territory.
One of them managed to penetrate airport security.
Few sounds penetrate the thick walls.
One of the last cultures in the world that television has not penetrated
Their advice never even penetrated his consciousness.
What she said didn’t penetrate until just now.

Synonyms

go through, go in, enter, break in, break through, pierce, infiltrate, make a way into, access, breach, affect, apprehend, barge in, bayonet, become clear, blow in, bore, breeze in, bust in, charge, come, come across, comprehend, crack, crawler, creep into, decipher, diffuse, discern, drill, drive, eat through, encroach, fathom, figure out, filler, filter in, filter through, force, get across, get in, get over, get through, get to the bottom, gore, grasp, harrier, imbue, impale, impress, infest, infuse, ingress, insert, insinuate, introduce, invade, jab, knife, lance, make a hole, make an entrance, overspread, packer, pass through, perceive, percolate, perforate, permeate, pervade, pop in, prick, probe, puncture, put over, ream, run into, saturate, see into, see through, seep, seep in, seep into, sink in, sink into, soak in, solve, spear, spike, stab, stick into, suffuse, swarmer, thrust, touch, transfuse, trespass, understand, unravel, work out, worrier

Antonyms

exit, misconstrue, misinterpret, misunderstand, neglect, overlook, retreat, surrender, take out, withdraw, yield

Cross references

go through go in enter break in break through pierce infiltrate make a way into access breach affect apprehend barge in bayonet become clear blow in bore breeze in bust in charge come come across comprehend crack crawler creep into decipher diffuse

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