percolate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: percolate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for percolate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
percolate n the product of percolation v permeate or penetrate gradually; "the fertilizer leached into the ground" Synonym(s): leach, percolate spread gradually; "Light percolated into our house in the morning" prepare in a percolator; "percolate coffee" cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent pass through; "Water permeates sand easily" Synonym(s): percolate, sink in, permeate, filter gain or regain energy; "I picked up after a nap" Synonym(s): perk up, perk, percolate, pick up, gain vigor
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Percolate \Per"co*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Percolated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Percolating}.] [L. percolatus, p. p. of percolare to percolate; per through + colare to strain.] To cause to pass through fine interstices, as a liquor; to filter; to strain. --Sir M. Hale.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Percolate \Per"co*late\, v. i. To pass through fine interstices; to filter; as, water percolates through porous stone.