penetrative : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: penetrative	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for penetrative
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
penetrative adj 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" Synonym(s): acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp 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" Synonym(s): penetrative, penetrating
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Penetrative \Pen"etrative\, a. [Cf. F. p[82]n[82]tratif.] 1. Tending to penetrate; of a penetrating quality; piercing; as, the penetrative sun. His look became keen and penetrative. --Hawthorne. 2. Having the power to affect or impress the mind or heart; impressive; as, penetrative shame. --Shak. 3. Acute; discerning; sagacious; as, penetrative wisdom. [bd]The penetrative eye.[b8] --Wordsworth. Led on by skill of penetrative soul. --Grainger.