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percolate

UK /ˈpɜːkəleɪt/US /ˈpɝkəleɪt/

verb 5
noun 1
forms 3

verb5

•
To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.
- Fluidextracts are liquid alcoholic preparations of uniform and definite strength, made by percolating drugs with menstrua, and concentrating a portion of the percolate […] — 1926
•
To drain or seep through a porous substance.
- Water percolates through sand.
•
To make (coffee) in a percolator.
- I'll percolate some coffee.
(of coffee) to be prepared by percolation; (of a coffee pot) to brew coffee in this way.
•
(figurative) To spread slowly or gradually; to slowly become noticed or realised.
- Reports on the pitiful state of many prisons have finally percolated through to the Home Office, which has promised to look into the situation.
- Through media reports it percolated to the surface that the police investigation was profoundly flawed.

noun1

•
(rare) A liquid that has been percolated.
- Fluidextracts are liquid alcoholic preparations of uniform and definite strength, made by percolating drugs with menstrua, and concentrating a portion of the percolate […] — 1926

forms

percolated · percolating · percolates

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