Percolate

Quick meaning: Percolate is a verb meaning (transitive) To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.

Meaning

(transitive) To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To drain or seep through a porous substance.
2. (transitive) To make (coffee) in a percolator.
3. (intransitive) (of coffee) to be prepared by percolation; (of a coffee pot) to brew coffee in this way.
4. (intransitive, figuratively) To spread slowly or gradually; to slowly become noticed or realised.
5. (rare) A liquid that has been percolated.

Example Sentences

I'll percolate some coffee.

Water percolates through sand.

Through media reports it percolated to the surface that the police investigation was profoundly flawed.

Boiled, percolated, pressed, or filtered, black coffee ranges from a light tea-like drink to deep black brew.

Word Forms

• percolates
• percolating
• percolated

Synonyms for percolate

Depending on context, synonyms include permeate, filter, leach, perk, pick up.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include permeate, filter, leach, pick up, perk, seep.

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