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Percolate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To cause (liquid, for example) to pass through a porous substance or small holes; filter.

v. To pass or ooze through: Water percolated the sand.

v. To make (coffee) in a percolator.

verb-intransitive. To drain or seep through a porous material or filter.

verb-intransitive. Informal To become lively or active.

verb-intransitive. Informal To spread slowly or gradually.

n. A liquid that has been percolated.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.

v. To drain or seep through a porous substance.

v. To make (coffee) in a percolator.

v. (figuratively) To spread slowly or gradually; to slowly become noticed or realised.

n. A liquid that has been percolated.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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

verb-intransitive. To pass through fine interstices; to filter.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To strain through; cause to pass through small interstices, as a liquor; filter: literally and figuratively.

To pass through small interstices, as a liquor; filter: as, water percolates through a porous stone.

n. That which has percolated or passed through a filter or strainer; a filtered liquid.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. prepare in a percolator

v. pass through

v. permeate or penetrate gradually

n. the product of percolation

v. gain or regain energy

v. spread gradually

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

Word Usage

"I'm still processing this 'call to arms' and personally think it needs to percolate from the bottom up not the Government down."

Verb Form

percolated percolates percolating

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

trickle dribble filter filtrate recuperate

Form

percolated percolating

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

filter strain exude