Usually means: Spreads or diffuses through something.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. permeates: Merriam-Webster
  2. permeates: Collins English Dictionary
  3. permeates: Vocabulary.com
  4. Permeates, permeates: Wordnik
  5. permeates: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. permeates: Wiktionary
  7. permeates: Dictionary.com
  8. permeates: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. permeates: TheFreeDictionary.com

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

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. permeates: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. permeates: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. permeates: Medical dictionary

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  1. permeates: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (permeate)

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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