📖 Definitions of "Percolate"
noun
- 1
A liquid that has been percolated.
verb
- 1
To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.
- 2
To drain or seep through a porous substance.
"Water percolates through sand."
- 3
To make (coffee) in a percolator.
"I'll percolate some coffee."
- 4
To spread slowly or gradually; to slowly become noticed or realised.
"Reports on the pitiful state of many prisons have finally percolated through to the Home Office, which has promised to look into the situation."
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