percolate

About 0.18 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. verb To drain or seep through a porous substance.

   Water percolates through sand.

3. verb To make (coffee) in a percolator.

   I'll percolate some coffee.

4. verb to be prepared by percolation; to brew coffee in this way.
5. verb To spread slowly or gradually; to slowly become noticed or realised.

   Reports on the pitiful state of many prisons have finally percolated through to the Home Office, which has promised to look into the situation.

6. noun A liquid that has been percolated.

Similar words

permeate filter sink in leach pick up perk up perk gain vigor seep strain

Often followed by

through into to down up in from the and

Word family

percolated percolates percolating percolation percolations