| verb | spread or diffuse through “An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration” |
| verb | fill, soak, or imbue totally “soak the bandage with disinfectant” |
| verb | suffuse with color |
| permeative | adjective | spreading or spread throughout |
| permeant | adjective | spreading or spread throughout |
| permeation | noun | the process of permeating or infusing something with a substance |
| pervasive | adjective | spreading or spread throughout |
| pervasion | noun | the process of permeating or infusing something with a substance |
| penetrative | adjective | tending to penetrate; having the power of entering or piercing |
| interpenetration | noun | mutual penetration; diffusion of each through the other |
| diffusive | adjective | spreading by diffusion |
| diffusion | noun | the act of dispersing or diffusing something |
| diffusor | noun | baffle that distributes sound waves evenly |
| soak | noun | the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid) |
| hue | noun | the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength |