Definition of filter

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

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Percolation :: Percolation (n.) The act or process of percolating, or filtering; filtration; straining. Specifically (Pharm.), the process of exhausting the virtues of a powdered drug by letting a liquid filter slowly through it..
Filtrate :: Filtrate (v. t.) To filter; to defecate; as liquid, by straining or percolation..
Colation :: Colation (n.) The act or process of straining or filtering.
Infiltrate :: Infiltrate (v. i.) To enter by penetrating the pores or interstices of a substance; to filter into or through something.
Filtering :: Filtering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Filte.
Infiltered :: Infiltered (imp. & p. p.) of Infilte.
Infiltering :: Infiltering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infilte.
Drain :: Drain (v. t.) To filter.
Filter :: Filter (n.) To purify or defecate, as water or other liquid, by causing it to pass through a filter..
Infilter :: Infilter (v. t. & i.) To filter or sift in.
Tared :: Tared (a.) Weighed; determined; reduced to equal or standard weight; as, tared filter papers, used in weighing precipitates..
Percolate :: Percolate (v. i.) To pass through fine interstices; to filter; as, water percolates through porous stone..
Filtrate :: Filtrate (n.) That which has been filtered; the liquid which has passed through the filter in the process of filtration.
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..
Inhaler :: Inhaler (n.) A contrivance to filter, as air, in order to protect the lungs from inhaling damp or cold air, noxious gases, dust, etc.; also, the respiratory apparatus for divers..
Filter :: Filter (v. i.) To pass through a filter; to percolate.
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..
Clay :: Clay (v. t.) To clarify by filtering through clay, as sugar..
Physeter :: Physeter (n.) A filtering machine operated by air pressure.
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