sink in

Verb

• pass through
  • Water permeates sand easily
    

• become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
  • It dawned on him that she had betrayed him
    
  • she was penetrated with sorrow
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  percolate , permeate , filter , click , get through , dawn , come home , get across , penetrate , fall into place