Verb

• S: (v) infiltrate (cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) percolate, sink in, permeate, filter (pass through) "Water permeates sand easily"
• S: (v) penetrate, perforate (pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance) "The bullet penetrated her chest"
• S: (v) enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into (to come or go into) "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes"
• derivationally related form
• W: (n) infiltration [Related to: infiltrate] (the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium) "the percolation of rainwater through the soil"; "the infiltration of seawater through the lava"
• sentence frame
• S: (v) infiltrate, penetrate (enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members) "The student organization was infiltrated by a traitor"
• S: (v) infiltrate (pass into or through by filtering or permeating) "the substance infiltrated the material"
• S: (v) infiltrate, pass through (pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict)