Definition of filter

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Filter (n.) Any porous substance, as cloth, paper, sand, or charcoal, through which water or other liquid may passed to cleanse it from the solid or impure matter held in suspension; a chamber or device containing such substance; a strainer; also, a similar device for purifying air..

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Filtered :: Filtered (imp. & p. p.) of Filte.
Filtering :: Filtering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Filte.
Filter :: Filter (v. i.) To pass through a filter; to percolate.
Percolator :: Percolator (n.) One who, or that which, filters..
Clay :: Clay (v. t.) To clarify by filtering through clay, as sugar..
Colation :: Colation (n.) The act or process of straining or filtering.
Filtration :: Filtration (n.) The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.
Infilter :: Infilter (v. t. & i.) To filter or sift in.
Filter :: Filter (n.) To purify or defecate, as water or other liquid, by causing it to pass through a filter..
Rape :: Rape (n.) A filter containing the above refuse, used in clarifying and perfecting malt, vinegar, etc..
Infiltrate :: Infiltrate (v. i.) To enter by penetrating the pores or interstices of a substance; to filter into or through something.
Infiltering :: Infiltering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infilte.
Strain :: Strain (a.) To press, or cause to pass, through a strainer, as through a screen, a cloth, or some porous substance; to purify, or separate from extraneous or solid matter, by filtration; to filter; as, to strain milk through cloth..
Physeter :: Physeter (n.) A filtering machine operated by air pressure.
Infiltered :: Infiltered (imp. & p. p.) of Infilte.
Drain :: Drain (v. t.) To filter.
Filter :: Filter (n.) Same as Philter.
Percolate :: Percolate (v. t.) To cause to pass through fine interstices, as a liquor; to filter; to strain..
Straining :: Strainer (n.) That through which any liquid is passed for purification or to separate it from solid matter; anything, as a screen or a cloth, used to strain a liquid; a device of the character of a sieve or of a filter; specifically, an openwork or perforated screen, as for the end of the suction pipe of a pump, to prevent large solid bodies from entering with a liquid..
Filter :: Filter (n.) Any porous substance, as cloth, paper, sand, or charcoal, through which water or other liquid may passed to cleanse it from the solid or impure matter held in suspension; a chamber or device containing such substance; a strainer; also, a similar device for purifying air..
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