Usually means: Spread or diffuse through something.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. permeate: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. permeate: Merriam-Webster
  3. permeate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. permeate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. permeate: Collins English Dictionary
  6. permeate: Vocabulary.com
  7. permeate: Wordnik
  8. permeate: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. permeate: Wiktionary
  10. permeate: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. permeate: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. permeate: Dictionary.com
  13. permeate: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Permeate: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Permeate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. permeate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. permeate: Rhymezone
  18. permeate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. permeate: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. permeate: FreeDictionary.org
  21. permeate: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. permeate: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. permeate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. permeate: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. permeate: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. permeate: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. permeate: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. permeate: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. permeate: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (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
verb:  (transitive) To enter and spread through; to pervade.
noun:  A watery by-product of milk production.
noun:  Liquid that has passed through a filtration system.

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