Related Searches
on Ask.com
Nearby Entries
filter - 12 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | filter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | separate to refine; seep through |
| Synonyms: | clarify, clean, distill, drain, dribble, escape, exude, leak, ooze, penetrate, percolate, permeate, purify, refine, screen, sieve, sift, strain, trickle, winnow, filtrate, metastasize, osmose, soak through |
| Antonyms: | collect, combine |
| Main Entry: | drip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drop, trickle |
| Synonyms: | dribble, drizzle, exude, filter, rain, splash, sprinkle, trill, weep, plop |
| Antonyms: | pour |
| Main Entry: | funnel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | direct down a path |
| Synonyms: | carry, channel, conduct, convey, filter, move, pass, pipe, pour, siphon, transmit, traject |
| Main Entry: | leach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drain, empty |
| Synonyms: | extract, filter, percolate, seep, strain, filtrate, lixiviate, wash away |
| Notes: | leach means to remove the soluble constituents from by subjecting to the action of percolating water or other liquid; a leech is a carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic worms typically having a sucker at each end - or a follower who hangs around a host in hope of gain |
| Main Entry: | ooze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | emit liquid |
| Synonyms: | bleed, discharge, drain, dribble, drip, drop, escape, exude, filter, flow, issue, leach, leak, overflow, percolate, perspire, seep, spurt, strain, sweat, swelter, trickle, weep, well |
| Main Entry: | percolate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seep, drip (liquid) |
| Synonyms: | bleed, bubble, charge, drain, exude, filter, impregnate, leach, ooze, penetrate, perk, permeate, pervade, saturate, strain, sweat, weep, filtrate, pass through, transfuse, transude |
| Main Entry: | purify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | free; make clean |
| Synonyms: | absolve, aerate, atone, chasten, clarify, clean, cleanse, clear, decontaminate, deodorize, disinfect, exculpate, exonerate, expiate, filter, fumigate, oxygenate, purge, redeem, refine, remit, sanctify, sanitize, shrive, sublimate, wash, aerify, depurate, deterge, edulcorate, elutriate, lustrate, rarify |
| Antonyms: | adulterate, corrupt, dirty, pollute |
| Main Entry: | sift |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take out residue; remove impurities |
| Synonyms: | analyze, clean, colander, comb, drain, evaluate, examine, explore, fathom, filter, go into, go through, grade, inquire, investigate, look into, pan, part, probe, prospect, purify, riddle, screen, scrutinize, search, separate, sieve, size, sort, strain, winnow, delve into, dig into, pore over |
| Antonyms: | put in |
| Main Entry: | refine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | purify |
| Synonyms: | clarify, cleanse, distill, filter, process, strain, rarefy |
| Antonyms: | corrupt, dirty, pollute |
| Main Entry: | clarify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | purify |
| Synonyms: | clean, cleanse, distill, filter, refine, depurate, rarefy |
| Antonyms: | dirty, muddle, muddy |
| Main Entry: | screen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | examine and choose |
| Synonyms: | cull, eliminate, evaluate, extract, filter, gauge, grade, process, riddle, scan, select, separate, sieve, sift, sort, winnow, pick out |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2009, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
