Percolate
61filter — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. filtrate, strain, sieve; percolate, pass through; purify, refine, leach. See cleanness, egress. n. strainer, sifter, sieve, screen, percolator; cheesecloth; optical or audio filter. See opening,… …
62flow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. run, glide, trickle, stream, sweep along; circulate; issue. See motion, water, fluidity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. current, movement, progress, stream, tide, run, river, flood, ebb, gush, spurt,… …
63seep — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. leak, ooze, drain, drip, exude; trickle. See egress. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. leak, flow gently, trickle; see drain 3 , flow 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. leak, ooze, exude, percolate, bleed,… …
64strain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. stretch, make taut; strive, exert; sprain; overtax, overstretch; filter, percolate. See cleanness, egress, exaggeration. n. effort, exertion; pressure; line of descent, stock, ancestry; streak,… …
65Egress — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Motion out of. < N PARAG:Egress >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 egress egress exit issue Sgm: N 1 emersion emersion emergence Sgm: N 1 outbreak outbreak outburst Sgm: N 1 eruption eruption …
66percolator — 1795, agent noun in Latin form from PERCOLATE (Cf. percolate). Slang meaning house party is recorded from 1946 …
67strain — I. v. a. 1. Stretch, draw tightly, make tense, make tight, tighten. 2. Wrench, sprain, injure by stretching. 3. Exert (to the utmost), put to the utmost strength. 4. Pervert (from the true intent), push too far. 5. Squeeze, press, embrace, hug,… …
68perk — 1 noun (countable usually plural) something that you get legally from your work in addition to your wages such as goods, meals, or a car: With all the perks, she s really earning over 20,000 a year. | one of the perks of the job: I get a company… …
69permeate — verb 1) the delicious smell permeated the entire apartment Syn: pervade, spread through, fill, filter through, diffuse through, imbue, penetrate, pass through, percolate through, perfuse, charge, suffuse, steep, impregnate, inform 2) …
70leach — [[t]litʃ[/t]] v. t. 1) chem. to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation 2) chem. to cause (water or other liquid) to percolate through something 3) chem. (of ashes, soil, etc.) to undergo the action of… …
