percolate

per·co·late

 (pûr′kə-lāt′)

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. (-lĭt, -lāt′)

A liquid that has been percolated.

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[Latin percōlāre, percōlāt- : per-, per- + cōlāre, to filter (from cōlum, sieve).]

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per′co·la′tion n.

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percolate

vb

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) informal US to become active or lively: she percolated with happiness.

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

n

a product of percolation

[C17: from Latin percolāre, from per + cōlāre to strain, from cōlum a strainer; see colander]

percolable adj

ˌpercoˈlation n

ˈpercolative adj

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per•co•late

(v. ˈpɜr kəˌleɪt; n. -lɪt, -ˌleɪt)

v. -lat•ed, -lat•ing,
n. v.t.

1. to cause (a liquid) to pass through a porous body; filter.

2. (of a liquid) to filter through; permeate.

3. to brew (coffee) in a percolator.

v.i.

4. to pass through a porous substance; filter; ooze; seep; trickle.

5. to become percolated.

6. to become active, lively, or spirited.

7. to spread or grow gradually.

n.

8. a percolated liquid.

[1620–30; < Latin percōlātus, past participle of percōlāre to filter]

per`co•la′tion, n.

pron: The pronunciation of percolate with an intrusive y-glide results from analogy with words like circulate and matriculate, where the y-glide is mandatory. In words like percolate and escalate, where (k) is followed by -o- or -a- rather than -u-, the (y), as in the pronunciations (ˈpɜr kyəˌleɪt) and (ˈɛs kyəˌleɪt) represents a hypercorrection. See coupon.

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percolate

Past participle: percolated
Gerund: percolating

Imperative

percolate

percolate

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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.

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percolate

verb

To flow or leak out or emit something slowly:

bleed, exude, leach, ooze, seep, transpire, transude, weep.

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Translations

φιλτράρω

percoler

filtrarepassarecaffettiera

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)

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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

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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

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percolate

[ˈpɜːkəˌleɪt]

1. vt → filtrare
percolated coffee → caffè filtrato

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

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