English dictionary

filter

/'f/I/lt/@/r/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

device that removes something from whatever passes through it

noun.artifact

Source: WordNet 3.0
an electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it

noun.artifact

Source: WordNet 3.0
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.

noun

Source: webster1913
Same as <u>Philter</u>.

noun

Source: webster1913

remove by passing through a filter

verb.contact

Examples
Filter out the impurities.

Synonyms filter out filtrate separate out strain

Source: WordNet 3.0
pass through

verb.contact

Synonyms percolate permeate sink in undergo

Source: WordNet 3.0
run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream

verb.motion

Synonyms dribble trickle

Source: WordNet 3.0
To purify or defecate, as water or other liquid, by causing it to pass through a filter.

verb

Source: webster1913
To pass through a filter; to percolate.

verb

Source: webster1913