Textual thesaurus for "filter"

(verb) percolate, permeate, sink in

pass through

Water permeates sand easily

(verb) separate out, strain, filter out, filtrate

remove by passing through a filter

filter out the impurities

(verb) trickle, dribble

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