percolate

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/ˈpɜːkəleɪt/ English

Definitions

noun

A liquid that has been percolated.

verb

To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.
To drain or seep through a porous substance.“Water percolates through sand.”
To make (coffee) in a percolator.“I'll percolate some coffee.”
To spread slowly or gradually; to slowly become noticed or realised.“Reports on the pitiful state of many prisons have finally percolated through to the Home Office, which has promised to look into the situation.”

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Synonyms

permeate filter sink in leach pick up perk up perk gain vigor seep strain silt reperk pour transude pass through sicker

Associated

permeable recharge groundwater aquifer soil underlying sand solution surface water ocean ground

Rhymes

elucidate articulate desolate facilitate profligate explicate deliberate delineate ruminate innate

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