| Main Entry: | filter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | separate to refine; seep through |
Synonyms: |
clarify, clean, distill, drain, dribble, escape, exude, filtrate, leak, metastasize, ooze, osmose, penetrate, percolate, permeate, purify, refine, screen, sieve, sift, soak through, strain, trickle, winnow |
Antonyms: |
collect, combine |
| Main Entry: | leach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drain, empty |
Synonyms: |
extract, filter, filtrate, lixiviate, percolate, seep, strain, 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: | percolate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seep, drip (liquid) |
Synonyms: |
bleed, bubble, charge, drain, exude, filter, filtrate, impregnate, leach, ooze, pass through, penetrate, perk, permeate, pervade, saturate, strain, sweat, transfuse, transude, weep |