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Percolate - What does it mean?

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is likely misspelled.


has no English definition.

As a verb percolate

is to pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.

As a noun percolate

is a liquid that has been percolated.

percolate

English

Verb

  • To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.
  • To drain or seep through a porous substance.
  • Water percolates through sand.
  • To make (coffee) in a percolator.
  • I'll percolate some coffee.
  • (figuratively) 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.
    Through media reports it percolated to the surface that the police investigation was profoundly flawed.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare) A liquid that has been percolated.
  • Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.