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interpenetrating

interpenetrating is the present participle and gerund of interpenetrate.

Meaning of interpenetrate

Verb

interpenetrate (third-person singular simple present interpenetrates, present participle interpenetrating, simple past and past participle interpenetrated)

  1. To penetrate mutually or reciprocally.
  2. To permeate or pervade.
    • It interpenetrates my granite mass, / Through tangled roots and trodden clay doth pass, / Into the utmost leaves and delicatest flowers; [...]1818–1819 (date written), Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Prometheus Unbound”, in Prometheus Unbound […], London: C[harles] and J[ames] Ollier […], published 1820, →OCLC, Act IV, scene i, page 141

Adjective

interpenetrating (comparative more interpenetrating, superlative most interpenetrating)

  1. That interpenetrate

Forms of interpenetrating

comparativemore interpenetrating
superlativemost interpenetrating

Questions about interpenetrating

What does interpenetrating mean?
Interpenetrating means that interpenetrate.
What is interpenetrating the present participle and gerund of?
Interpenetrating is the present participle and gerund of interpenetrate.
What part of speech is interpenetrating?
Interpenetrating is an adjective.

Words near interpenetrating in the dictionary

  1. interpenetrable
  2. interpenetrant
  3. interpenetrate
  4. interpenetrated
  5. interpenetrates
  6. interpenetrating
  7. interpenetratingly
  8. interpenetration
  9. interpenetrations
  10. interpenetrative
  11. interpenetratively

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