Percolate

['pɜːkəleɪt] or ['pɝkəlet]

Definition

(noun.) the product of percolation.

(verb.) pass through; 'Water permeates sand easily'.

(verb.) cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent.

(verb.) prepare in a percolator; 'percolate coffee'.

(verb.) spread gradually; 'Light percolated into our house in the morning'.

Editor: Monica--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To cause to pass through fine interstices, as a liquor; to filter; to strain.

(v. i.) To pass through fine interstices; to filter; as, water percolates through porous stone.

Typist: Rowland

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. Filter, transude, ooze, exude, strain.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Strain, niter, exude, ooze

ANT:Absorb, retain,[See OOZE]

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Definition

v.t. to strain through pores or small openings as a liquid: to filter.—v.i. to pass or ooze through very small openings: to filter.—n. a filtered liquid.—ns. Percolā′tion act of filtering; Per′colator a filtering vessel.

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