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percolate

/ percolate /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the product of percolation
Type of:
filtrate
Derived:
leach
verb Sense 2
pass through
"Water permeates sand easily"
Type of:
penetrate perforate
Kinds of:
infiltrate
Derived:
filtration permeation pervasion suffusion percolation
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something to somebody
verb Sense 3
cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent
Derived:
percolation infiltration
Causes:
sink in permeate filter
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 4
prepare in a percolator
"percolate coffee"
Derived:
percolation infiltration percolator
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 5
spread gradually
"Light percolated into our house in the morning"
Type of:
diffuse spread spread out
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
verb Sense 6
permeate or penetrate gradually
"the fertilizer leached into the ground"
Type of:
trickle dribble filter
Derived:
percolation infiltration leach leaching
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something to somebody
verb Sense 7
gain or regain energy
"I picked up after a nap"
Type of:
recuperate recover convalesce
Derived:
pickup pick-me-up
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Semantic Complexity
84%
Sense Count
7
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
33
Times Searched
1
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filtrate penetrate perforate infiltrate diffuse spread spread out trickle dribble filter recuperate recover