Associations to the word «Infiltrate»

Wiktionary

INFILTRATE, verb. To surreptitiously penetrate, enter or gain access.
INFILTRATE, verb. To cause a fluid to pass through a substance by filtration.
INFILTRATE, verb. To send soldiers through gaps in the enemy line.
INFILTRATE, verb. (intransitive) (of an intravenous needle) To move from a vein, remaining in the body.

Dictionary definition

INFILTRATE, verb. Cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices.
INFILTRATE, verb. Enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members; "The student organization was infiltrated by a traitor".
INFILTRATE, verb. Pass into or through by filtering or permeating; "the substance infiltrated the material".
INFILTRATE, verb. Pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats