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percolate |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Percolate \Per"co*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Percolated}; p. pr & vb n. {Percolating}.] [L. percolatus p. p. of percolare to percolate; per through + colare to strain.] To cause to pass through fine interstices, as a liquor; to filter; to strain. --Sir M. Hale. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Percolate \Per"co*late\, v. i. To pass through fine interstices; to filter; as water percolates through porous stone. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: percolate v 1: permeate; penetrate gradually; of liquids [syn: {leach}] 2: spread gradually: "Light percolated into our house in the morning" 3: prepare in a percolator, of coffee 4: cause to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent, as of solvents 5: pass through "Water permeated sand easily" [syn: {sink in}, {permeate}, {filter}] 6: be diffused thoroughly; "Sunlight percolated the entire house" 7: gain or regain energy [syn: {perk up}, {perk}, {pick up}, {gain vigor}]
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