| VERB | motion | percolate, leach | permeate or penetrate gradually |
|---|---|---|---|
| motion | percolate | spread gradually | |
| contact | percolate | prepare in a percolator | |
| contact | percolate | cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent | |
| contact | percolate, sink in, permeate, filter | pass through | |
| body | percolate, perk up, perk, pick up, gain vigor | gain or regain energy | |
| NOUN | substance | percolate | the product of percolation / percolation / percolation |
| Sounds | per'kahley.t | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | The product of percolation / percolation / percolation. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | filtrate | The product of filtration |
| Spanish | filtrado | |
| Verbs | percolate | cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent |
| percolate | prepare in a percolator | |
| percolate | permeate or penetrate gradually | |
| percolate | spread gradually | |
| Meaning | permeate or penetrate gradually. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Synonym | leach | |
| Caused by | leach | Cause (a liquid / liquid) to leach or percolate |
| Broader | trickle, dribble, filter | Run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream |
| Spanish | filtrarse, percolar | |
| Nouns | percolate | the product of percolation / percolation / percolation |
| percolation | the slow passage of a liquid / liquid through a filtering medium | |
| Meaning | Spread gradually. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "Light percolated into our house in the morning" | |
| Broader | diffuse, spread, spread out, fan out | Move outward |
| Spanish | colarse, filtrarse | |
| Nouns | percolate | the product of percolation / percolation / percolation |
| Meaning | Prepare in a percolator. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "percolate coffee" | |
| Broader | percolate | Cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent |
| Spanish | filtrar | |
| Catalan | filtrar-se, filtrar | |
| Nouns | percolate | the product of percolation / percolation / percolation |
| percolation | the act of making coffee in a percolator | |
| percolation | the filtration of a liquid / liquid for extraction or purification | |
| percolation | the slow passage of a liquid / liquid through a filtering medium | |
| percolator | a coffeepot in which boiling water ascends through a central tube and filters back down through a basket of ground coffee beans | |
| Meaning | Cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Cause to | percolate, sink in, permeate, filter | Pass through |
| Narrower | percolate | Prepare in a percolator |
| Spanish | filtrar | |
| Catalan | filtrar | |
| Nouns | percolate | the product of percolation / percolation / percolation |
| percolation | the filtration of a liquid / liquid for extraction or purification | |
| percolation | the slow passage of a liquid / liquid through a filtering medium | |
| Meaning | Pass through. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Synonyms | sink in, permeate, filter | |
| Caused by | percolate | Cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent |
| Narrower | infiltrate | Cause (a liquid / liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices |
| infiltrate | Pass into or through by filtering or permeating | |
| Broader | penetrate, perforate | Pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance |
| Spanish | filtrarse | |
| Nouns | percolation | the slow passage of a liquid / liquid through a filtering medium |
| Meaning | gain or regain energy. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | perk up, perk, pick up, gain vigor | |
| Broader | recuperate, recover, convalesce | get over an illness or shock |
| Spanish | reanimarse | |
| Catalan | reanimar-se, reviscolar-se | |
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