'Filtering' definitions:
Definition of 'Filtering'
From: GCIDE
- Filter \Fil"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Filtered; p. pr. & vb. n. Filtering] [Cf. F. filter. See Filter, n., and cf. Filtrate.] To purify or defecate, as water or other liquid, by causing it to pass through a filter. [1913 Webster]
- Filtering paper, or Filter paper, a porous unsized paper, for filtering. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'filtering'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bolting,
- clarification,
- colature,
- destructive distillation,
- distillation,
- edulcoration,
- effusion,
- elution,
- elutriation,
- essentialization,
- excretion,
- exfiltration,
- extraction,
- extravasation,
- exudation,
- filtration,
- leaching,
- lixiviation,
- ooze,
- oozing,
- percolating,
- percolation,
- purification,
- refinement,
- riddling,
- screening,
- seep,
- seepage,
- separation,
- sieving,
- sifting,
- spiritualization,
- straining,
- sublimation,
- transudation,
- weep,
- weeping,
- winnowing