ALL meanings of infiltrate
in·fil·trate
I i - noun infiltrate Enter or gain access to (an organization, place, etc.) surreptitiously and gradually, especially in order to acquire secret information. 1
- verb with object infiltrate to filter into or through; permeate. 1
- verb with object infiltrate to cause to pass in by filtering. 1
- verb with object infiltrate to move into (an organization, country, territory, or the like) surreptitiously and gradually, especially with hostile intent: The troops infiltrated the enemy lines. 1
- verb with object infiltrate to pass a small number of (soldiers, spies, or the like) into a territory or organization clandestinely and with hostile or subversive intent: The intelligence agency infiltrated three spies into the neighboring country. 1
- verb without object infiltrate to pass into or through a substance, place, etc., by or as by filtering. 1
- verb without object infiltrate Pathology. to penetrate tissue spaces or cells. 1
- noun infiltrate something that infiltrates. 1
- noun infiltrate Pathology. any substance penetrating tissues or cells and forming a morbid accumulation. 1
- transitive verb infiltrate permeate 1
- transitive verb infiltrate penetrate, enter 1
- verb infiltrate To surreptitiously penetrate, enter or gain access. 0
- verb infiltrate To cause a fluid to pass through a substance by filtration. 0
- verb infiltrate To send soldiers through gaps in the enemy line. 0
- verb infiltrate (Intransitive Verb) (of an intravenous needle) To move from a vein, remaining in the body. 0
- verb infiltrate If people infiltrate a place or organization, or infiltrate into it, they enter it secretly in order to spy on it or influence it. 0
- verb infiltrate To infiltrate people into a place or organization means to get them into it secretly in order to spy on it or influence it. 0
- verb infiltrate to undergo or cause to undergo the process in which a fluid passes into the pores or interstices of a solid; permeate 0
- verb infiltrate to pass undetected through (an enemy-held line or position) 0
- verb infiltrate to gain or cause to gain entrance or access surreptitiously 0
- noun infiltrate something that infiltrates 0
- noun infiltrate any substance that passes into and accumulates within cells, tissues, or organs 0
- noun infiltrate a local anaesthetic solution injected into the tissues to cause local anaesthesia 0
- intransitive verb infiltrate to pass, or cause (a fluid, cell, etc.) to pass, through small gaps or openings; filter 0
- intransitive verb infiltrate to pass through, as in filtering 0
- intransitive verb infiltrate to pass, or cause (individual troops) to pass, through weak places in the enemy's lines in order to attack the enemy's flanks or rear 0
- intransitive verb infiltrate to penetrate, or cause to penetrate (a region or group) gradually or stealthily, so as to attack or to seize control from within 0