infiltrate

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: in=fil=trate
• COUNT in NET: 1 in 1 verses (in NT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

infiltrate, v. i. [Pref. in- + filtrate: cf. F, s'infiltrer. Cf. Infilter.].

•  To enter by penetrating the pores or interstices of a substance; to filter into or through something.  [1913 Webster]

  "The water infiltrates through the porous rock."  [1913 Webster]
•  To enter secretly (into an organization, territory, etc.) for hostile purposes, such as spying or sabotage; as, the FBI infiltrated into the U. S. communist party's upper echelons; also used transitively; as, to infiltrate the opponent's organization; to infiltrate one's agents into a hostile country.  [PJC]

infiltrate, v. t. 

 To penetrate gradually; -- sometimes used reflexively.  J. S. Mill.  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

infiltrate

absorb, adsorb, advance against, advance upon, assimilate, barge in, bathe, bear down upon, besprinkle, blot, blot up, break in, break in upon, breathe, brew, burst in, butt in, charge in, chemisorb, chemosorb, color, come between, counterattack, crash, crash in, crash the gates, creep in, crowd in, cut in, decoct, digest, douche, dredge, drench, drink, drink in, drink up, drive, drouk, dye, edge in, elbow in, encroach, engross, entincture, entrench, filter in, flank, flavor, flush, foist, foist in, gas, horn in, imbibe, imbrue, imbue, impinge, impose, impose on, impose upon, impregnate, infringe, infuse, inject, insinuate, instill, interfere, interlope, interpose, intervene, intrude, invade, irrupt, launch an attack, lave, leach, leak in, leaven, lixiviate, macerate, march against, march upon, mount an attack, obtrude, open an offensive, osmose, penetrate, percolate, percolate in, percolate into, permeate, pervade, press in, push, push in, put on, put upon, rinse, rush in, saturate, season, seep in, seethe, slink in, slip in, slurp up, smash in, sneak in, soak, soak in, soak up, sodden, sop, sorb, souse, sponge, squeeze in, steal in, steep, storm in, strike, suffuse, swill up, take in, take up, temper, throng in, thrust, thrust in, tincture, tinge, transfuse, trench, trespass, wash, waterlog, work in, worm, worm in

ROGET THESAURUS

infiltrate

Mixture

VB mix, join, combine, commix, immix, intermix, mix up with, mingle, commingle, intermingle, bemingle, shuffle, pound together, hash up, stir up, knead, brew, impregnate with, interlard, intertwine, interweave, associate with, miscegenate, be mixed, get among, be entangled with, instill, imbue, infuse, suffuse, transfuse, infiltrate, dash, tinge, tincture, season, sprinkle, besprinkle, attemper, medicate, blend, cross, alloy, amalgamate, compound, adulterate, sophisticate, infect.

Interposition

VB lie between, come between, get between, intervene, slide in, interpenetrate, permeate, put between, introduce, import, throw in, wedge in, edge in, jam in, worm in, foist in, run in, plow in, work in, interpose, interject, intercalate, interpolate, interline, interleave, intersperse, interweave, interlard, interdigitate, sandwich in, fit in, squeeze in, let in, dovetail, splice, mortise, insinuate, smuggle, infiltrate, ingrain, interfere, put in an oar, thrust one's nose in, intrude, obtrude, have a finger in the pie, introduce the thin end of the wedge, thrust in.

Ingress

VB have the entree, enter, go into, go in, come into, come in, pour into, pour in, flow into, flow in, creep into, creep in, slip into, slip in, pop into, pop in, break into, break in, burst into, burst in, set foot on, ingress, burst in upon, break in upon, invade, intrude, insinuate itself, interpenetrate, penetrate, infiltrate, find one's way into, wriggle into, worm oneself into, give entrance to, insert.

Moisture

VB moisten, wet, humect, humectate, sponge, damp, bedew, imbue, imbrue, infiltrate, saturate, soak, drench, be moist, not have a dry thread, perspire.

Teaching

VB teach, instruct, educate, edify, school, tutor, cram, prime, coach, enlighten, inculcate, indoctrinate, inoculate, infuse, instill, infix, ingraft, infiltrate, imbue, impregnate, implant, graft, sow the seeds of, disseminate, given an idea of, put up to, put in the way of, set right, sharpen the wits, enlarge the mind, give new ideas, open the eyes, bring forward, teach the young idea how to shoot, improve, expound, lecture, read a lesson, give a lesson, give a lecture, give a sermon, give a discourse, incept, hold forth, preach, sermonize, moralize, point a moral, train, discipline, bring up, bring up to, form, ground, prepare, qualify, drill, exercise, practice, habituate, familiarize with, nurture, drynurse, breed, rear, take in hand, break, break in, tame, preinstruct, initiate, inure, put to nurse, send to school, direct, guide, direct attention to, impress upon the mind, impress upon the memory, beat into, beat into the head, convince, book, workbook, exercise book, preach to the wise, teach one's grandmother to suck eggs, teach granny to suck eggs, preach to the converted.