Definition of filter

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Filter (v. i.) To pass through a filter; to percolate.

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Strain :: Strain (v. i.) To percolate; to be filtered; as, water straining through a sandy soil..
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..
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..
Filtered :: Filtered (imp. & p. p.) of Filte.
Physeter :: Physeter (n.) A filtering machine operated by air pressure.
Infiltering :: Infiltering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infilte.
Percolator :: Percolator (n.) One who, or that which, filters..
Clay :: Clay (v. t.) To clarify by filtering through clay, as sugar..
Percolate :: Percolate (v. t.) To cause to pass through fine interstices, as a liquor; to filter; to strain..
Percolate :: Percolate (v. i.) To pass through fine interstices; to filter; as, water percolates through porous stone..
Infilter :: Infilter (v. t. & i.) To filter or sift in.
Filtrate :: Filtrate (v. t.) To filter; to defecate; as liquid, by straining or percolation..
Tared :: Tared (a.) Weighed; determined; reduced to equal or standard weight; as, tared filter papers, used in weighing precipitates..
Filtrate :: Filtrate (n.) That which has been filtered; the liquid which has passed through the filter in the process of filtration.
Infiltrate :: Infiltrate (v. i.) To enter by penetrating the pores or interstices of a substance; to filter into or through something.
Drain :: Drain (v. t.) To filter.
Filtering :: Filtering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Filte.
Rape :: Rape (n.) A filter containing the above refuse, used in clarifying and perfecting malt, vinegar, etc..
Filter :: Filter (v. i.) To pass through a filter; to percolate.
Colation :: Colation (n.) The act or process of straining or filtering.
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