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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

vb [ˈpɜːkəˌleɪt]

1. to cause (a liquid) to pass through a fine mesh, porous substance, etc., or (of a liquid) to pass through a fine mesh, porous substance, etc.; trickle rain percolated through the roof

2. to permeate; penetrate gradually water percolated the road

3. (intr) US informal to become active or lively she percolated with happiness

4. (Cookery) to make (coffee) or (of coffee) to be made in a percolator

n [ˈpɜːkəlɪt -ˌleɪt]

a product of percolation

[from Latin percolāre, from per + cōlāre to strain, from cōlum a strainer; see colander]

percolable  [ˈpɜːkələb^əl] adj

percolation  n

percolative  adj

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 These truths begin to percolate through our minds.

2. filter, brew, perk (informal) the machine I use to percolate my coffee

3. seep, strain, drain, filter, penetrate, drip, leach, ooze, pervade, permeate, filtrate Water cannot percolate through the clay.

Translations

percolate [ˈpɜːkəleɪt]

A. VT → filtrar; [+ coffee] → hacer(en una cafetera de filtro)
percolated coffee → café m (de)filtro

B. VI

1. (lit, fig) → filtrarse
to percolate down to → filtrarse hasta
to percolate through (sth) [water] → filtrarse(por algo); [ideas] → propagarse(por algo)
these ideas may eventually percolate through to the top of the organization → puede que al final estas ideas se propaguen por la cúpula de la organización

2. [coffee] → hacerse(en una cafetera de filtro)

percolate [ˈpɜː^rkəleɪt]

vt [+ coffee] → passer

vi

[coffee] → passer

to percolate into a room [light] → s'infiltrer dans une pièce

percolate through

vt fus

[truth, information] → s'infiltrer dans

[water] → s'infiltrer à travers

percolate

vt → filtrieren; coffee → (in einer Kaffeemaschine) zubereiten; percolated coffee → mit der Kaffeemaschine gebrühter Kaffee

vi (lit, fig) → durchsickern; the coffee is just percolating → der Kaffee läuft gerade durch; the information was starting to percolate through → die Informationen begannen durchzusickern

percolate [ˈpɜːkəˌleɪt]

1. vt → filtrare
percolated coffee → caffè filtrato

2. vi (water, coffee) → passare, filtrare (fig) (news) → filtrare

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percolate [ˈpɜːkəˌleɪt]

1. vt → filtrare
percolated coffee → caffè filtrato

2. vi (water, coffee) → passare, filtrare (fig) (news) → filtrare