sink in

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verb

1. become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions (Freq. 2)
- It dawned on him that she had betrayed him
- she was penetrated with sorrow
• Syn:
click, get through, dawn, come home, get across,
penetrate, fall into place
• Cause:
understand
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
2. pass through
- Water permeates sand easily
• Syn:
percolate, permeate, filter
• Derivationally related forms:
filtration (for: filter), permeant (for: permeate), permeation (for: permeate), percolation (for: percolate)
• Hypernyms:
penetrate, perforate
• Hyponyms:
infiltrate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP