| percolate | (n) the product of percolation |
| percolate | (v) spread gradually, Example: Light percolated into our house in the morning |
| percolate | (v) prepare in a percolator, Example: percolate coffee |
| percolate | (v) cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent |
| percolate | (v) pass through, Syn. permeate, filter, sink in, Example: Water permeates sand easily |
| percolation | (n) the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium, Syn. infiltration, Example: the percolation of rainwater through the soil; the infiltration of seawater through the lava |
| percolation | (n) the act of making coffee in a percolator |
| percolation | (n) the filtration of a liquid for extraction or purification |
| percolator | (n) a coffeepot in which boiling water ascends through a central tube and filters back down through a basket of ground coffee beans |
| Percolate | v. i. To pass through fine interstices; to filter; |
| Percolate | v. t. |
| Percolation | n. [ L. percolatio. ] The act or process of percolating, or filtering; filtration; straining. Specifically (Pharm.), the process of exhausting the virtues of a powdered drug by letting a liquid filter slowly through it. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Percolator | n. |