percolate

Noun
  1. The product of percolation (synset 115022455)
    is a type of: filtrate - the product of filtration; a gas or liquid that has been passed through a filter
Verb
  1. Permeate or penetrate gradually (synset 202075555)
    "the fertilizer leached into the ground"
    is a type of: dribble, filter, trickle - run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream
    same as: leach
  2. Spread gradually (synset 202064365)
    "Light percolated into our house in the morning"
    is a type of: diffuse, fan out, spread, spread out - move outward
  3. Prepare in a percolator (synset 201461093)
    "percolate coffee"
    is a type of: percolate - cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent
  4. Cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent (synset 201460857)
    causes: filter, percolate, permeate, sink in - pass through
    subtypes: percolate - prepare in a percolator
  5. Pass through (synset 201460583)
    "Water permeates sand easily"
    is a type of: penetrate, perforate - pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance
    subtypes:
    • infiltrate - pass into or through by filtering or permeating
    • infiltrate - cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices
    same as: filter, permeate, sink in
  6. Gain or regain energy (synset 200023466)
    "I picked up after a nap"
    is a type of: convalesce, recover, recuperate - get over an illness or shock
    same as: gain vigor, perk, perk up, pick up

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