Penetrative
4 definitions retrieved  Penetrative \Pen"e*tra*tive\, a. [Cf. F. p['e]n['e]tratif.] 1. Tending to penetrate; of a penetrating quality; piercing; as, the penetrative sun. [1913 Webster] His look became keen and penetrative. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] 2. Having the power to affect or impress the mind or heart; impressive; as, penetrative shame. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Acute; discerning; sagacious; as, penetrative wisdom. "The penetrative eye." --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] Led on by skill of penetrative soul. --Grainger. [1913 Webster]  penetrative adj 1: having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations" [syn: acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp] 2: tending to penetrate; having the power of entering or piercing; "a toxic penetrative spray applied to the surface"; "a cold penetrating wind"; "a penetrating odor" [syn: penetrative, penetrating]  penetrative [penitrətiv] durchdringend; durchdringender  penetrative durchdringend Penetrative related |
|||
Random Words
Sparschwein, Dishes, Redding, Stave, To put to use, Drei, Raucher, Gangtooth, überall, Lässig, Knowledge-Based System, Obstacles, Notopodiums, Heightened, Rodsandcones, Lcp, Zaftig, Cynips, Tineaflavifrontella, Gerbera, Signale, Abalone, Sidereal, Frankfort, Tweed Popular Words Webster Dictionary, Online Dictionary, Spanish Dictionary, Medical Dictionary, Internet Dictonary, Web Dictionary, Dictionary Websters Online, Dream Dictionary, English - Spanish Dictionary, Urban Dictionary, Translate English To Spanish, Translate Germany, Copyrights: Gcide, Gazetteer, en-de, Devil's D., Freedict: GNU General Public License 2 or later FOLDOC, VERA: GNU General Public License 1.1 or later Moby-thesaurus, Jargon, Hitchcock, Bouvier, Elements, Easton: Public Domain WordNet: Princeton University
Type your search term into the input field and press the 'Search' button!
|
Copyright © 2005 domains-und-mehr.de; All rights reserved!