Defenition of the word percolate
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Defenition of the word percolate
- To pass a liquid gradually through small spaces or a porous substance.
- permeate; penetrate gradually; of liquids
- be diffused thoroughly; "Sunlight percolated the entire house"
- cause to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent, as of solvents
- prepare in a percolator, of coffee
- spread gradually: "Light percolated into our house in the morning"
- pass through; "Water permeated sand easily"
- gain or regain energy
- the product of percolation
- gain or regain energy; "I picked up after a nap"
- pass through; "Water permeates sand easily"
- cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent
- prepare in a percolator; "percolate coffee"
- spread gradually; "Light percolated into our house in the morning"
- permeate or penetrate gradually; "the fertilizer leached into the ground"
- pass through
- prepare in a percolator
- spread gradually
- permeate or penetrate gradually
Synonyms for the word percolate
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- drip
- filter
- gain vigor
- get into
- infect
- infiltrate
- leach
- ooze
- penetrate
- perk
- perk up
- permeate
- pick up
- seep into
- sink in
- strain
- trickle down
Similar words in the percolate
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- percolate
- percolated
- percolates
Hyponyms for the word percolate
Hypernyms for the word percolate
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- convalesce
- diffuse
- dribble
- fan out
- filter
- filtrate
- penetrate
- percolate
- perforate
- recover
- recuperate
- spread
- spread out
- trickle
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