filter
noun
- 1
device that removes something from whatever passes through it
- 2
an electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it
verb
- 1
pass through
Water permeates sand easily
- 2
remove by passing through a filter
filter out the impurities
- 3
run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream
water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose
reports began to dribble in
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