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Filter

/ˈfɪltə/

A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from another.

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📖 Definitions of "Filter"

noun

1
A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from another.
2
Electronics or software that separates unwanted signals (for example noise) from wanted signals or that attenuates selected frequencies.
3
Any item, mechanism, device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate.
"He runs an email filter to catch the junk mail."
4
Self-restraint in speech.
"He's got no filter, and he's always offending people as a result."

verb

1
To sort, sift, or isolate.
"This strainer should filter out the large particles."
2
To diffuse; to cause to be less concentrated or focused.
"The leaves of the trees filtered the light."
3
To pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter.
"The water filtered through the rock and soil."
4
To move slowly or gradually; to come or go a few at a time.
"The crowd filtered into the theater."

🔄 Synonyms of "Filter"

9 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
strainnoun	(biology) A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.
permeateverb	(transitive) To enter and spread through; to pervade.
dribblenoun	(basketball, soccer) In various ball games, to move (with) the ball, controlling its path by kicking or bouncing it repeatedly.
percolateverb	(transitive) To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.
tricklenoun	(transitive) to pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously.
sink inverb	(intransitive, idiomatic) To become completely known, felt, or understood.
filtratenoun	The liquid or solution that has passed through a filter, and which has been separated from other fractions of the original material.
filter outverb	(transitive) To selectively remove part of something.
separate outverb	(ambitransitive) To separate, or become separated, by removal from a larger group or mass.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Filter"

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Word	Definition
filtratenoun	The liquid or solution that has passed through a filter, and which has been separated from other fractions of the original material.
filter outverb	(transitive) To selectively remove part of something.
percolatenoun	(rare) A liquid that has been percolated.
permeatenoun	(transitive) To enter and spread through; to pervade.
tricklenoun	A very thin flow; the sound of such a flow.
sink inverb	(intransitive, idiomatic) To become completely known, felt, or understood.
strainnoun	(biology) A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.
dribblenoun	(countable, sports) The act of moving (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it.
separate outverb	(ambitransitive) To separate, or become separated, by removal from a larger group or mass.
strainernoun	A device through which a liquid is passed for purification, filtering or separation from solid matter; anything (including a screen or a cloth) used to strain a liquid.
filtrationnoun	The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.
sievenoun	A device with a mesh, grate, or otherwise perforated bottom to separate, in a granular material, larger particles from smaller ones, or to separate solid objects from a liquid.
canisternoun	A cylindrical or rectangular container usually of lightweight metal, plastic, or laminated pasteboard used for holding a dry product (as tea, crackers, flour, matches).
seepagenoun	The process by which something, especially a liquid, leaks through a porous substance; the process of seeping. (Also used figuratively: the process of diffusing.)
seepnoun	Moisture, liquid, gas, etc. that seeps out; a seepage.
leaknoun	A divulgation, or disclosure, of information previously held secret.
leachnoun	A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
sterilizeverb	(transitive, biology) To kill, deactivate (denature), or destroy (break apart) all living, viable microorganisms and spores on a surface, in a fluid, or contained in a compound, such as culture media or a medical product.
screeningnoun	The showing of a film, typically by projecting it on a screen.
cleanernoun	A person whose occupation is to clean things, especially rooms, floors, and windows.