percolate

per·co·late  (pûrk-lt)

v. per·co·lat·ed, per·co·lat·ing, per·co·lates

v.tr.

1. To cause (liquid, for example) to pass through a porous substance or small holes; filter.

2. To pass or ooze through: Water percolated the sand.

3. To make (coffee) in a percolator.

v.intr.

1. To drain or seep through a porous material or filter.

2. Informal To become lively or active.

3. Informal To spread slowly or gradually.

n. (-lt, -lt)

A liquid that has been percolated.

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[Latin perclre, perclt- : per-, per- + clre, to filter (from clum, sieve).]

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perco·lation n.

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percolate

Verb

[-lating, -lated]

1. to pass or filter through very small holes: the light percolating through the stained-glass windows cast coloured patterns on the floor

2. to spread gradually: his theories percolated through the academic community

3. to make (coffee) or (of coffee) to be made in a percolator [Latin per- through + colare to strain]

percolation n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	percolate - the product of percolation           filtrate - the product of filtration; a gas or liquid that has been passed through a filter
Verb	1.	percolate - permeate or penetrate gradually; "the fertilizer leached into the ground" leach dribble, trickle, filter - 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"
	2.	percolate - spread gradually; "Light percolated into our house in the morning" diffuse, fan out, spread out, spread - move outward; "The soldiers fanned out"
	3.	percolate - prepare in a percolator; "percolate coffee" percolate - cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent
	4.	percolate - cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent percolate - prepare in a percolator; "percolate coffee"
	5.	percolate - pass through; "Water permeates sand easily" filter, permeate, sink in penetrate, perforate - pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; "The bullet penetrated her chest" infiltrate - pass into or through by filtering or permeating; "the substance infiltrated the material" infiltrate - cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices
	6.	percolate - gain or regain energy; "I picked up after a nap" gain vigor, perk, perk up, pick up convalesce, recover, recuperate - get over an illness or shock; "The patient is recuperating"

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percolate

verb 1. penetrate, filter, seep, pervade, permeate, transfuse

verb 2. filter, brew, perk (informal)

verb 3. seep, strain, drain, filter, penetrate, drip, leach, ooze, pervade, permeate, filtrate

Translations

percolate [ˈpəːkəleɪt] vt [+ coffee] → filtrar

vi [coffee], (fig) → filtrarse

percolate [ˈpəːkəleɪt] vt, vi → passer

percolate [ˈpəːkəleɪt] vt [+ coffee] → (mit einer Kaffeemaschine) zubereiten

vi [coffee] → durchlaufen;

to percolate through/into [idea, light etc] → durchsickern durch/in +acc

percolate [ˈpəːkəleɪt] vt → filtrare