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Synonyms: sharp, harsh, piercing, carrying More Synonyms of penetrating. 2. adjective. If someone gives you a penetrating look, it makes you think that they know what you are thinking. He gazed at me with a sharp, penetrating look that made my heart pound. ...dark penetrating eyes. 3. adjective. Someone who has a penetrating mind understands and recognizes things quickly and thoroughly.
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pen·e·trat·ing. Use penetrating in a sentence. that can penetrate: a penetrating oil. sharp; piercing: a penetrating sound or smell. keen or acute; discerning: a penetrating mind.
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Word Origin & History. penetrate 1412 (implied in penetrable), from L. penetratus, pp. of penetrare to put or get into, enter into, related to penitus within, inmost, penus innermost part of a temple, store of food, penates household gods.. Penetration is first attested 1605, from L. penetrationem (nom. penetratio) a penetrating or piercing, from penetrare.
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They seemed actually suspended from the dark vault of heaven, and their gentle light shed a fairylike gleam over the snow-fields around the foot of the Matterhorn, which raised its stupendous pinnacle on high, penetrating to the heart of the Great Bear, and crowning itself with a diadem of his magnificent stars.
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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (September 2011) Sexual penetration is the insertion of a body part or other object into a body orifice, such as the vagina, anus or mouth, as part of human sexual activity or animal sexual behavior. Though it is a natural part of sexual activity, sexual penetration is unlawful in some circumstances.
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Use penetrating in a sentence. 1  that can penetrate: a penetrating oil. 2  sharp; piercing: a penetrating sound or smell. 3  keen or acute; discerning: a penetrating mind.
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2. to diffuse through (a substance); permeate. 3. (tr) to see through: their eyes could not penetrate the fog. 4. (Biology) (tr) (of a man) to insert the penis into the vagina of (a woman) 5. (tr) to grasp the meaning of (a principle, etc) 6. (intr) to be understood: his face lit up as the new idea penetrated.
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› used to describe a way of looking at someone in which you seem to know what they are thinking. a penetrating mind. › a mind that understands things quickly and well. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words. Using the eyes. before your very eyes idiom.
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(pĕn′ĭ-trā′tĭng) adj. 1. Able or seeming to penetrate: The penetrating odor of garlic soon filled the entire apartment. 2. Keenly perceptive or understanding; acute: The lecture provided penetrating insight into foreign affairs.
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meaning penetrating
The meaning of penetrating is able or seeming to penetrate.