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View definitions for filter

filter

verb as in separate to refine; seep through

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We are overwhelmed with data from every quarter, and our capacity to filter fact from fraud is limited.

If users want to send naughty photos with a veil of privacy, opt for the pixilated shower door filter.

By using some sort of filter—like, perhaps, a universally understood saying—the trait is more easily conveyed.

Basically, my mother said with a touch of embarrassment, everyone else seemed to have a filter, so they bought one, too.

Somehow, though, I doubt that consumers rush out of the grocery store filter aisle and straight to the testing authorities.

At once cover the mouth of the tube with a filter-paper cap moistened with saturated aqueous solution of silver nitrate (1:1).

In quantitative work the chemist aims to precipitate this green sulphide, which is more easily collected on a filter.

The whole is then well stirred, collected on a filter, drained, and dried.

After 24 hours filter the liquor, and evaporate to a pilular consistence.

Dissolve and filter off the liquid from the precipitate, and dilute to proper standard.

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On this page you'll find 51 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to filter, such as: clean, drain, dribble, leak, penetrate, and percolate.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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