filter
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(verb) remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the impurities" |
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Synonyms: filter out, filtrate, separate out, strain |
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Related Words: separate |
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(noun) removes something from whatever passes through it |
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Related Words: air cleaner, air filter, bacteria bed, coffee filter, device, diatomaceous earth, diatomite, diffusing screen, drain basket, filter bed, fuel filter, glass wool, kieselguhr, light filter, oil filter, strainer, water filter |
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(noun) alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it |
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Related Words: electrical device |
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(verb) run or flow slowly, or in an unsteady stream: "reports began to dribble in." |
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Synonyms: dribble, trickle |
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Related Words: course, flow, leach, percolate, run |
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(verb) pass through; "Water permeated sand easily" |
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Synonyms: percolate, permeate, sink in |
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Related Words: infiltrate, penetrate |
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