Percolate

  • 11percolate — UK [ˈpɜː(r)kəleɪt] / US [ˈpɜrkəˌleɪt] verb Word forms percolate : present tense I/you/we/they percolate he/she/it percolates present participle percolating past tense percolated past participle percolated 1) a) [intransitive] if a liquid or gas… …

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  • 12percolate — percolable, adj. percolative, adj. v. /perr keuh layt /; n. /perr keuh lit, layt /, v., percolated, percolating, n. v.t. 1. to cause (a liquid) to pass through a porous body; filter. 2. (of a liquid) to filter through; permeate. 3. to brew… …

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  • 13percolate — Synonyms and related words: absorb, act, adsorb, assimilate, bathe, be effective, be in action, bleed, blot, blot up, bolt, brew, charge, chemisorb, chemosorb, clarify, clear, colliquate, condense, cut, decoagulate, decoct, decrassify, deliquesce …

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  • 14percolate — per|co|late [ pɜrkə,leıt ] verb 1. ) intransitive if a liquid or gas percolates through a substance, it gradually passes through it: Rainwater percolates slowly through the soil. a ) intransitive or transitive if coffee percolates, or you… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 15percolate — verb 1) water percolated through the soil Syn: filter, drain, drip, ooze, seep, trickle, dribble, leak, leach 2) these views began to percolate through society as a whole Syn: spread, be disseminated …

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  • 16percolate — per•co•late v. [[t]ˈpɜr kəˌleɪt[/t]] n. [[t] lɪt, ˌleɪt[/t]] v. lat•ed, lat•ing, n. 1) to cause (a liquid) to pass through a porous body; filter 2) (of a liquid) to filter through; permeate 3) coo to brew (coffee) in a percolator 4) to pass… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 17percolate — verb (percolated, percolating) –verb (t) /ˈpɜkəleɪt / (say perkuhlayt) 1. to cause (a liquid) to pass through a porous body; filter. 2. (of a liquid) to filter through; permeate. 3. to make (coffee) in a percolator. –verb (i) /ˈpɜkəleɪt / (say… …

  • 18percolate — verb ( lated; lating) Etymology: Latin percolatus, past participle of percolare, from per through + colare to sieve more at per , colander Date: 1626 transitive verb 1. a. to cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance (as a powdered… …

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  • 19percolate — 1. verb /ˈpɜkəʊleɪt,ˈpərkoʊleɪt/ a) To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter. Water percolates through sand. b) To drain or seep through a porous substance …

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  • 20percolate — per·co·late pər kə .lāt vb, lat·ed; lat·ing vt 1) to cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance (as a powdered drug) esp. for extracting a soluble constituent 2) to be diffused through vi 1) to ooze or trickle through a permeable… …

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