percolate

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(pûr'kə-lāt') pronunciation

v., -lat·ed, -lat·ing, -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.

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

percolation per'co·la'tion n.

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verb

    To flow or leak out or emit something slowly: bleed, exude, leach, ooze, seep, transpire, transude, weep. See move/halt, solid/liquid/consistency.

1. to strain; to submit to percolation.
2. a liquid that has been submitted to percolation.
3. to trickle slowly through a substance.

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n

Extraction of the soluble parts of a drug by causing a liquid solvent to flow slowly through it.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - filtrere
v. intr. - sive, trænge ind
n. - filtreringsprodukt

Nederlands (Dutch)
(door)sijpelen, koffie zetten, sudderen

Français (French)
v. tr. - faire du café dans une cafetière électrique ou à pression
v. intr. - passer (par), (fig) filtrer
n. - à pression

Deutsch (German)
v. - durchsickern, durchlaufen
n. - Filtrat, Perkolat

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - διηθώ, φιλτράρω/-ομαι, σουρώνω, (μτφ.) διεισδύω σταδιακά

Italiano (Italian)
filtrare, colare, far passare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - filtrar, fazer café

Русский (Russian)
просачиваться, фильтровать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - filtrar, colar
v. intr. - trascolarse, filtrarse
n. - filtro

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - perkolera, tränga igenom, sila, brygga

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
过滤, 使浸透, 使渗出, 浸透, 渗出, 滤过之液体, 滤液

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 過濾, 使浸透, 使滲出
v. intr. - 過濾, 浸透, 滲出
n. - 濾過之液體, 濾液

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 여과하다, 스며들게 하다
v. intr. - 스며들다, 샴푸하다
n. - 여과액, 삼출액

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 濾す, 浸透する, しみ出る, 広まる, 濾過される, 活発になる, スムーズに動く
n. - 濾過液

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يرشح, يقطر, يخلل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮חלט (קפה) במסננת, סינן, חלחל, פעפע‬
v. intr. - ‮הסתנן‬
n. - ‮תסנין (נוזל מסונן)‬


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