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Definition of filter

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Filter (n.) Any porous substance, as cloth, paper, sand, or charcoal, through which water or other liquid may passed to cleanse it from the solid or impure matter held in suspension; a chamber or device containing such substance; a strainer; also, a similar device for purifying air..

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Strain :: Strain (v. i.) To percolate; to be filtered; as, water straining through a sandy soil..

Colation :: Colation (n.) The act or process of straining or filtering.

Percolate :: Percolate (v. i.) To pass through fine interstices; to filter; as, water percolates through porous stone..

Infiltered :: Infiltered (imp. & p. p.) of Infilte.

Filtration :: Filtration (n.) The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.

Filtering :: Filtering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Filte.

Filtrate :: Filtrate (n.) That which has been filtered; the liquid which has passed through the filter in the process of filtration.

Drain :: Drain (v. t.) To filter.

Inhaler :: Inhaler (n.) A contrivance to filter, as air, in order to protect the lungs from inhaling damp or cold air, noxious gases, dust, etc.; also, the respiratory apparatus for divers..

Filter :: Filter (n.) To purify or defecate, as water or other liquid, by causing it to pass through a filter..

Percolate :: Percolate (v. t.) To cause to pass through fine interstices, as a liquor; to filter; to strain..

Filtered :: Filtered (imp. & p. p.) of Filte.

Infiltrate :: Infiltrate (v. i.) To enter by penetrating the pores or interstices of a substance; to filter into or through something.

Physeter :: Physeter (n.) A filtering machine operated by air pressure.

Straining :: Strainer (n.) That through which any liquid is passed for purification or to separate it from solid matter; anything, as a screen or a cloth, used to strain a liquid; a device of the character of a sieve or of a filter; specifically, an openwork or perforated screen, as for the end of the suction pipe of a pump, to prevent large solid bodies from entering with a liquid..

Filter :: Filter (v. i.) To pass through a filter; to percolate.

Filtrate :: Filtrate (v. t.) To filter; to defecate; as liquid, by straining or percolation..

Filter :: Filter (n.) Same as Philter.

Rape :: Rape (n.) A filter containing the above refuse, used in clarifying and perfecting malt, vinegar, etc..

Infilter :: Infilter (v. t. & i.) To filter or sift in.