permeate
PUR-mee-aytverbMeaning to spread through every part of something
Memory hook PER (through) + MEATE: spreads all the way THROUGH. Nana Lou bakes bread, and the warm smell drifts through the window, down the street and into every house. It permeates the whole village.
The smell of fresh bread permeated the whole house.
In context Excitement permeated the school in the week before the big game; even the cafeteria workers wore team colors, and every hallway rang with cheers.
Similar pervade, fill, soak through, spread
From Latin permeare, “to pass through”: per (through) + meare (to go, to pass).