penetrates

Verb

penetrate (third-person singular simple present penetrates, present participle penetrating, simple past and past participle penetrated)

1. To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to pierce.
   • Light penetrates darkness.

   Synonyms:

   ransack

2. (figuratively) To achieve understanding of, despite some obstacle; to comprehend; to understand.
   • I could not penetrate Burke's opaque rhetoric.
3. To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings; to move deeply.
   • to penetrate one's heart with pity
4. To infiltrate an enemy to gather intelligence.
5. To insert the penis into an orifice, such as a vagina, mouth, or anus.
   • a male elephant comes up and penetrates the female
6. To move a piece past the defending pieces of one's opponent.