PERCOLATE

percolate

(noun) the product of percolation

percolate, sink in, permeate, filter

(verb) pass through; “Water permeates sand easily”

percolate

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

percolate

(verb) prepare in a percolator; “percolate coffee”

percolate

(verb) spread gradually; “Light percolated into our house in the morning”

leach, percolate

(verb) permeate or penetrate gradually; “the fertilizer leached into the ground”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

percolate (third-person singular simple present percolates, present participle percolating, simple past and past participle percolated)

(transitive) To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.

(intransitive) To drain or seep through a porous substance.

(transitive) To make (coffee) in a percolator.

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

Noun

percolate (plural percolates)

(rare) A liquid that has been percolated.

Anagrams

• prelocate

Source: Wiktionary

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Per"co*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Percolated; p. pr. & vb. n. Percolating.] Etym: [L. percolatus, p.p. of percolare to percolate; per through + colare to strain.]

Definition: To cause to pass through fine interstices, as a liquor; to filter; to strain. Sir M. Hale.

Per"co*late, v. i.

Definition: To pass through fine interstices; to filter; as, water percolates through porous stone.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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