'Percolate' definitions:
Definition of 'percolate'
(from WordNet)
noun
The product of percolation
verb
Permeate or penetrate gradually; "the fertilizer leached into the ground" [syn: leach, percolate]
verb
Spread gradually; "Light percolated into our house in the morning"
verb
Prepare in a percolator; "percolate coffee"
verb
Cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent
verb
verb
Gain or regain energy; "I picked up after a nap" [syn: perk up, perk, percolate, pick up, gain vigor]
Definition of 'Percolate'
From: GCIDE
- Percolate \Per"co*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Percolated; p. pr. & vb. n. Percolating.] [L. percolatus, p. p. of percolare to percolate; per through + colare to strain.] To cause to pass through fine interstices, as a liquor; to filter; to strain. --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Percolate'
From: GCIDE
- Percolate \Per"co*late\, v. i. To pass through fine interstices; to filter; as, water percolates through porous stone. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'percolate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absorb,
- act,
- adsorb,
- assimilate,
- bathe,
- be effective,
- be in action,
- bleed,
- blot,
- blot up,
- bolt,
- brew,
- charge,
- chemisorb,
- chemosorb,
- clarify,
- clear,
- colliquate,
- condense,
- cut,
- decoagulate,
- decoct,
- decrassify,
- deliquesce,
- depurate,
- digest,
- discharge,
- dissolve,
- distill,
- douche,
- drain,
- drench,
- dribble,
- drink,
- drink in,
- drink up,
- drip,
- dripple,
- drop,
- drouk,
- edulcorate,
- effuse,
- elute,
- emit,
- engross,
- essentialize,
- excrete,
- exfiltrate,
- extract,
- extravasate,
- exudate,
- exude,
- filter,
- filter in,
- filtrate,
- fluidify,
- fluidize,
- flush,
- flux,
- function,
- fuse,
- give off,
- go,
- gurgle,
- have effect,
- have free play,
- have play,
- hold in solution,
- imbibe,
- imbrue,
- imbue,
- impregnate,
- infiltrate,
- infuse,
- ingest,
- inject,
- interpenetrate,
- lave,
- leach,
- leak in,
- liquefy,
- liquesce,
- liquidize,
- lixiviate,
- macerate,
- melt,
- melt down,
- militate,
- ooze,
- operate,
- osmose,
- penetrate,
- percolate in,
- percolate into,
- perform,
- perk,
- permeate,
- pervade,
- play,
- purify,
- rectify,
- reek,
- refine,
- rinse,
- run,
- saturate,
- screen,
- seep,
- seep in,
- seethe,
- separate,
- sieve,
- sift,
- slurp up,
- soak,
- soak in,
- soak up,
- sodden,
- solubilize,
- solve,
- sop,
- sorb,
- souse,
- spiritualize,
- sponge,
- spurtle,
- steep,
- strain,
- sublimate,
- sublime,
- suffuse,
- sweat,
- swill up,
- take effect,
- take in,
- take up,
- thaw,
- thin,
- tick,
- transfuse,
- transpire,
- transude,
- trickle,
- try,
- unclot,
- wash,
- waterlog,
- weep,
- winnow,
- work