Percolate Definition

pûrkə-lāt
percolated, percolates, percolating
verb
percolated, percolates, percolating
To pass (a liquid) gradually through small spaces or a porous substance; filter.
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To pass or ooze through a porous substance.
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To drain or ooze through (a porous substance); permeate.
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To brew (coffee) in a percolator.
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To become active or lively; start bubbling up, as coffee in a percolator.
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Synonyms:
noun
percolates
A liquid produced by percolating.
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Other Word Forms of Percolate

Noun

Singular:
percolate
Plural:
percolates

Origin of Percolate

  • From Latin percōlō (“I filter"), itself, from per (“through") + colō (“I strain") (from cōlum (“a strainer"), of unknown origin).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin percōlāre percōlāt- per- per- cōlāre to filter (from cōlum sieve)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Percolate Sentence Examples

  • Christianity had already begun to percolate Hungary.

  • Percolate a perfect outdoor cup of coffee with a stainless steel coffee pot that is safe to place over an open flame.

  • Thus modern phosphate does not percolate to prehistoric levels.

  • Simply listening to the music, picturing the dancers in the space, and letting all of this planning percolate will almost certainly begin to inspire movement phrases and eventually the entire dance routine will fall into place.

  • Small, however, as the micro-organisms are, they are larger than the capillary passages in some materials through which water under pressure may be caused to percolate.

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Words Starting With

PPEPER

Words Ending With

ETEATE

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Words Starting With P and Ending With E

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