percolate

per·co·late

P0184000 (pûr′kə-lāt′)v. per·co·lat·ed, per·co·lat·ing, per·co·lates v.tr.1. To cause (liquid, for example) to pass through a porous substance or small holes; filter.2. To pass or ooze through: Water percolated the sand.3. To make (coffee) in a percolator.v.intr.1. To drain or seep through a porous material or filter.2. Informal To become lively or active.3. Informal To spread slowly or gradually.n. (-lĭt, -lāt′) A liquid that has been percolated.

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[Latin percōlāre, percōlāt- : per-, per- + cōlāre, to filter (from cōlum, sieve).]

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per′co·la′tion n.

percolate

vb 1. to cause (a liquid) to pass through a fine mesh, porous substance, etc, or (of a liquid) to pass through a fine mesh, porous substance, etc; trickle: rain percolated through the roof. 2. to permeate; penetrate gradually: water percolated the road. 3. (intr) informal US to become active or lively: she percolated with happiness. 4. (Cookery) to make (coffee) or (of coffee) to be made in a percolator n a product of percolation [C17: from Latin percolāre, from per + cōlāre to strain, from cōlum a strainer; see colander] percolable adj ˌpercoˈlation n ˈpercolative adj

per•co•late

(v. ˈpɜr kəˌleɪt; n. -lɪt, -ˌleɪt)

v. -lat•ed, -lat•ing,
n. v.t. 1. to cause (a liquid) to pass through a porous body; filter. 2. (of a liquid) to filter through; permeate. 3. to brew (coffee) in a percolator. v.i. 4. to pass through a porous substance; filter; ooze; seep; trickle. 5. to become percolated. 6. to become active, lively, or spirited. 7. to spread or grow gradually. n. 8. a percolated liquid. [1620–30; < Latin percōlātus, past participle of percōlāre to filter] per`co•la′tion, n. pron: The pronunciation of percolate with an intrusive y-glide results from analogy with words like circulate and matriculate, where the y-glide is mandatory. In words like percolate and escalate, where (k) is followed by -o- or -a- rather than -u-, the (y), as in the pronunciations (ˈpɜr kyəˌleɪt) and (ˈɛs kyəˌleɪt) represents a hypercorrection. See coupon.

percolate

Past participle: percolated
Gerund: percolating

Imperative
percolate
percolate

Present
I percolate
you percolate
he/she/it percolates
we percolate
you percolate
they percolate

Preterite
I percolated
you percolated
he/she/it percolated
we percolated
you percolated
they percolated

Present Continuous
I am percolating
you are percolating
he/she/it is percolating
we are percolating
you are percolating
they are percolating

Present Perfect
I have percolated
you have percolated
he/she/it has percolated
we have percolated
you have percolated
they have percolated

Past Continuous
I was percolating
you were percolating
he/she/it was percolating
we were percolating
you were percolating
they were percolating

Past Perfect
I had percolated
you had percolated
he/she/it had percolated
we had percolated
you had percolated
they had percolated

Future
I will percolate
you will percolate
he/she/it will percolate
we will percolate
you will percolate
they will percolate

Future Perfect
I will have percolated
you will have percolated
he/she/it will have percolated
we will have percolated
you will have percolated
they will have percolated

Future Continuous
I will be percolating
you will be percolating
he/she/it will be percolating
we will be percolating
you will be percolating
they will be percolating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been percolating
you have been percolating
he/she/it has been percolating
we have been percolating
you have been percolating
they have been percolating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been percolating
you will have been percolating
he/she/it will have been percolating
we will have been percolating
you will have been percolating
they will have been percolating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been percolating
you had been percolating
he/she/it had been percolating
we had been percolating
you had been percolating
they had been percolating

Conditional
I would percolate
you would percolate
he/she/it would percolate
we would percolate
you would percolate
they would percolate

Past Conditional
I would have percolated
you would have percolated
he/she/it would have percolated
we would have percolated
you would have percolated
they would have percolated

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	percolate - the product of percolation filtrate - the product of filtration; a gas or liquid that has been passed through a filter
Verb	1.	percolate - permeate or penetrate gradually; "the fertilizer leached into the ground"leachdribble, trickle, filter - run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream; "water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose"; "reports began to dribble in"
	2.	percolate - spread gradually; "Light percolated into our house in the morning"diffuse, fan out, spread out, spread - move outward; "The soldiers fanned out"
	3.	percolate - prepare in a percolator; "percolate coffee"percolate - cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent
	4.	percolate - cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituentpercolate - prepare in a percolator; "percolate coffee"
	5.	percolate - pass through; "Water permeates sand easily"filter, permeate, sink inpenetrate, perforate - pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; "The bullet penetrated her chest"infiltrate - pass into or through by filtering or permeating; "the substance infiltrated the material"infiltrate - cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices
	6.	percolate - gain or regain energy; "I picked up after a nap"gain vigor, perk, perk up, pick upconvalesce, recover, recuperate - get over an illness or shock; "The patient is recuperating"

percolate

verb1. penetrate, filter, seep, pervade, permeate, transfuse These truths begin to percolate through our minds.2. filter, brew, perk (informal) the machine I use to percolate my coffee3. seep, strain, drain, filter, penetrate, drip, leach, ooze, pervade, permeate, filtrate Water cannot percolate through the clay.

percolate

verbTo flow or leak out or emit something slowly:bleed, exude, leach, ooze, seep, transpire, transude, weep.

Translations

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