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
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.
percolate (plural percolates)
(rare) A liquid that has been percolated.
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Source: Wiktionary
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
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
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