permeates
Soaks completely through
Permeates means to spread or pass through something completely.
A smell permeates a room by filling every part of it.
Ideas permeate a culture when they become widespread throughout.
The word suggests thorough penetration rather than surface contact: The damp had permeated the walls.
Anxiety permeated the organization.
Fills to maximum capacity
- imbuesPervades thoroughly with
- suffusesSpreads gradually through
- steepsSoaks to extract flavor
- impregnatesCauses conception or saturation
soaks · fills · drenches · bathes · floods · washes · envelops · engulfs
Passes through gradually
- infiltratesEnters covertly, often undetected
- percolatesFilters slowly through
- filtersSelective passage barriers
- leachesRemoves by percolation
osmoses · diffuses · passes through · works through · sinks in · absorbs · migrates · creeps
Spreads in all directions
- dispersesSpreads widely apart
- radiatesEmits in all directions
- propagatesTransmits or spreads outward
- circulatesMoves in a loop
disseminates · transmits · extends · expands · proliferates · distributes · scatters · fans out
saturates
Fills to maximum capacity
impregnates · soaks · fills · drenches · bathes · floods · washes · envelops · engulfs · blankets
seeps
Passes through gradually
- infiltratesEnters covertly, often undetected
- percolatesFilters slowly through
- filtersSelective passage barriers
leaches · osmoses · diffuses · passes through · works through · sinks in · absorbs · migrates · creeps · invades
diffuses
Spreads in all directions
- dispersesSpreads widely apart
- radiatesEmits in all directions
- propagatesTransmits or spreads outward
circulates · disseminates · transmits · extends · expands · proliferates · distributes · scatters · fans out · branches
saturates
Fills to maximum capacity
- dominatesExerts supreme control
- encompassesIncludes within its scope
- envelopsSurrounds and covers completely
blankets · fills · occupies · inhabits · infests · overruns · characterizes · defines · underlies · underpins