percolate (into)

verb

Definition of percolate (into)next
as in to penetrate
to spread throughout the closing shot of the film is one of those iconic images that has long since percolated into the cultural consciousness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for percolate (into)
  1. penetrate
  2. suffuse
  3. permeate
  4. pervade
Verb
  • When cultivating, go over the area lightly, setting blades to penetrate only ¼ inch deep.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2024
  • But at the same time, the work does penetrate my dreams or my sleep.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of penetrate
Verb
  • Daylight suffuses some spaces and is banished from others.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The oven’s smoke suffuses the flame-orange flesh of sweet, tiny beets piled in a quasi-salad atop a swoop of garlicky potato purée.
    Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of suffuse
Verb
  • With a tougher stance on China expected from the incoming Trump administration, could the next trade war instead be focused around chips, which arguably have permeated every facet of our lives? — CNBC’s Samantha Subin contributed to this report.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Yet, the lack of depth across the conference limits its broader credibility compared to a league like the SEC, where competitive balance permeates the rankings.
    Giovanni Malloy, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of permeate
Verb
  • And yet the drawings, focused on arrangements of everyday objects, offer a quiet counterpoint to the sorrow that pervades the stories.
    Curbed editors, Curbed, 29 Nov. 2024
  • At first, the nurses mostly provided first aid and trauma care, treating wounds and respiratory infections and rashes from the dirt and mud that pervaded the entire town after the storm.
    Jess Craig, Vox, 17 Nov. 2024
Definition of pervade
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