filter

Nouns

(n) device that removes something from whatever passes through it
(n) an electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it

Verbs

(v) remove by passing through a filter
- filter out the impurities
filter out, filtrate, separate out, strain,
(v) pass through
- Water permeates sand easily
permeate, sink in, percolate,
(v) run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream
- water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose
- reports began to dribble in
dribble, trickle,

Synonyms

filter out filtrate separate out strain permeate sink in percolate dribble trickle

Words of close approximity

filth

filthy

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