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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Examples
- Percolate till clear, and then add to simple elixir. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- And as certainly these habits of mind percolated down from them to their subordinates and to the general body of the population. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The water percolates through the roof, a drop at a time--often the drops several minutes apart--and more or less charged with mineral matter. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Checker: Marsha