Percolating

verb

Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.verbTo pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.

2.verbTo drain or seep through a porous substance.

"Water percolates through sand."

3.verbTo make (coffee) in a percolator.

"I'll percolate some coffee."

4.verbTo spread slowly or gradually; to slowly become noticed or realised.

"Reports on the pitiful state of many prisons have finally percolated through to the Home Office, which has promised to look into the situation."

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