filter

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. device that removes something from whatever passes through it (Freq. 4)
• Derivationally related forms:
filtrate
• Hypernyms:
device
• Hyponyms:
air filter, air cleaner, bacteria bed, coffee filter, drain basket,
filter bed, fuel filter, light filter, diffusing screen, oil filter, strainer,
water filter, glass wool, diatomaceous earth, diatomite, kieselguhr
2. an electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
electrical device
• Hyponyms:
high-pass filter, low-pass filter

II - verb

1. remove by passing through a filter (Freq. 10)
- filter out the impurities
• Syn:
filtrate, strain, separate out, filter out
• Derivationally related forms:
strainer (for: strain), filter (for: filtrate), filtrate (for: filtrate), filtration, filtrate
• Hypernyms:
separate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. pass through (Freq. 3)
- Water permeates sand easily
• Syn:
percolate, sink in, permeate
• Derivationally related forms:
filtration, permeant (for: permeate), permeation (for: permeate), percolation (for: percolate)
• Hypernyms:
penetrate, perforate
• Hyponyms:
infiltrate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
3. 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
• Syn:
trickle, dribble
• Derivationally related forms:
trickle (for: trickle)
• Hypernyms:
run, flow, feed, course
• Hyponyms:
leach, percolate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Water and oil filter into the bowl

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  trickle, dribble, percolate, sink in, permeate, filtrate, strain, separate out, filter out