Filtering

verb

Word Frequency: 3.7

Definitions

1.verbTo sort, sift, or isolate.

"This strainer should filter out the large particles."

2.verbTo diffuse; to cause to be less concentrated or focused.

"The leaves of the trees filtered the light."

3.verbTo pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter.

"The water filtered through the rock and soil."

4.verbTo move slowly or gradually; to come or go a few at a time.

"The crowd filtered into the theater."

5.verbTo ride a motorcycle between lanes on a road

"I can skip past all the traffic on my bike by filtering."

6.nounThe process of passing something through a filter.

7.nounSomething that passes through a filter.

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