Definition of "permeate"

permeate

/ˈpɜːmiˌeɪt/

verb
third-person singular simple present permeates, present participle permeating, simple past and past participle permeated
1. (transitive) To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; applied especially to fluids which pass through substances of loose texture
2. (transitive) To enter and spread through; to pervade.
  Quotations
  ...it is clear that this Being itself, is what supports and surpasses, includes and permeates all other things.
  1854, Saint Anselm, translated by Sidney Norton Deane, Proslogium and Monologium/Monologium/Chapter 14
  In the fulness of time there was an eruption of the merry-makers to the sidewalk. The uninvited guests enveloped and permeated them, and upon the night air rose joyous cries, congratulations, laughter and unclassified noises born of McGary's oblations to the hymeneal scene.
  1906 April, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “From the Cabby’s Seat”, in The Four Million, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co, page 165
  The old smell of dead whale permeates everything. It is a strange and curious place.
  1922 January 4, William Shackleton, Shackleton's diaries
  Also, much depended on an exceptional esprit de corps which permeated the whole staff, and achieved miracles of promptitude in such details as engine-changing and the marshalling of trains.
  1946 May and June, J. Alan Rannie, “The Midland of 35 Years Ago”, in Railway Magazine, page 135
noun
1. A watery by-product of milk production.
2. Liquid that has passed through a filtration system.

Definition of "permeate"

permeate

verb

Quotations

noun