Definition of filter

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

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Colation :: Colation (n.) The act or process of straining or filtering.
Filtrate :: Filtrate (n.) That which has been filtered; the liquid which has passed through the filter in the process of filtration.
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..
Physeter :: Physeter (n.) A filtering machine operated by air pressure.
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..
Tared :: Tared (a.) Weighed; determined; reduced to equal or standard weight; as, tared filter papers, used in weighing precipitates..
Rape :: Rape (n.) A filter containing the above refuse, used in clarifying and perfecting malt, vinegar, etc..
Filtering :: Filtering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Filte.
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.
Filtered :: Filtered (imp. & p. p.) of Filte.
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..
Strain :: Strain (v. i.) To percolate; to be filtered; as, water straining through a sandy soil..
Filtration :: Filtration (n.) The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.
Infiltrate :: Infiltrate (v. i.) To enter by penetrating the pores or interstices of a substance; to filter into or through something.
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..
Infiltering :: Infiltering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infilte.
Filtrate :: Filtrate (v. t.) To filter; to defecate; as liquid, by straining or percolation..
Clay :: Clay (v. t.) To clarify by filtering through clay, as sugar..
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