PERCOLATE
\pˈɜːkəlˌe͡ɪt], \pˈɜːkəlˌeɪt], \p_ˈɜː_k_ə_l_ˌeɪ_t]\
Definitions of PERCOLATE
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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permeate; penetrate gradually; of liquids
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be diffused thoroughly; "Sunlight percolated the entire house"
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cause to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent, as of solvents
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prepare in a percolator, of coffee
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spread gradually; "Light percolated into our house in the morning"
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spread gradually; "Light percolated into our house in the morning"
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cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent
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prepare in a percolator; "percolate coffee"
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permeate or penetrate gradually; "the fertilizer leached into the ground"
By Princeton University
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By Noah Webster.
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To pass, as a liquid, through very small spaces; as, water percolates through sand.
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To cause, as a liquid, to pass through very small spaces; to strain.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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1. To strain or filter. 2. To seep or pass through a porous substance. 3. The fluid which has been percolated or filtered.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Percolation.
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To pass through fine openings; filter; strain.
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Percolator.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To strain or filter through; to cause to pass through porous substances, or those not perfectly compact and solid.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
