Another word for filter

To soak slowly

• seep

  1. To enter, depart, or become diffused gradually:
  2. To leak, drip, or flow out slowly through small openings or pores; ooze
  3. To pass slowly through small openings or pores; ooze:

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  1. To enter, depart, or become diffused gradually:
  2. To leak, drip, or flow out slowly through small openings or pores; ooze
  3. To pass slowly through small openings or pores; ooze:

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• osmose

  1. To subject to, or undergo, osmosis
  2. (Intransitive) To diffuse by osmosis.
  3. To diffuse or cause to diffuse by osmosis.

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  1. To subject to, or undergo, osmosis
  2. (Intransitive) To diffuse by osmosis.
  3. To diffuse or cause to diffuse by osmosis.

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• soak through

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• penetrate

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• permeate

  1. To spread or diffuse; penetrate
  2. To spread or flow throughout; pervade:
  3. To pass through the openings or interstices of:

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  1. To spread or diffuse; penetrate
  2. To spread or flow throughout; pervade:
  3. To pass through the openings or interstices of:

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• distill

  1. To exude or give off (matter) in drops or small quantities.
  2. To cause or allow to fall in drops
  3. To remove, extract, or produce by distillation

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  1. To exude or give off (matter) in drops or small quantities.
  2. To cause or allow to fall in drops
  3. To remove, extract, or produce by distillation

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• percolate

  1. To pass or ooze through:
  2. To cause (liquid, for example) to pass through a porous substance or small holes; filter.
  3. To drain or ooze through (a porous substance); permeate

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  1. To pass or ooze through:
  2. To cause (liquid, for example) to pass through a porous substance or small holes; filter.
  3. To drain or ooze through (a porous substance); permeate

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• leach

  1. To cause (a liquid) to filter down through some material
  2. To lose soluble matter as a result of the filtering through of water
  3. To empty; drain:

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  1. To cause (a liquid) to filter down through some material
  2. To lose soluble matter as a result of the filtering through of water
  3. To empty; drain:

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• exude

  1. To diffuse or seem to radiate
  2. To discharge or emit (a liquid or gas, for example) gradually.
  3. To pass out in drops through pores, an incision, etc.; ooze; discharge

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  1. To diffuse or seem to radiate
  2. To discharge or emit (a liquid or gas, for example) gradually.
  3. To pass out in drops through pores, an incision, etc.; ooze; discharge

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• ooze

  1. To seem to radiate
  2. To give forth moisture, as through pores
  3. To flow or leak out slowly, as through very small holes; seep

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  1. To seem to radiate
  2. To give forth moisture, as through pores
  3. To flow or leak out slowly, as through very small holes; seep

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• drain

  1. To flow off gradually
  2. To become empty by the drawing off of liquid:
  3. To flow off or out:

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  1. To flow off gradually
  2. To become empty by the drawing off of liquid:
  3. To flow off or out:

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• metastasize

  1. To be transmitted or transferred by metastasis.
  2. To spread, especially destructively:
  3. (Med.) To spread to other parts of the body by metastasis

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  1. To be transmitted or transferred by metastasis.
  2. To spread, especially destructively:
  3. (Med.) To spread to other parts of the body by metastasis

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• infiltrate

  1. To pass, or cause (a fluid, cell, etc.) to pass, through small gaps or openings; filter
  2. To penetrate, or cause to penetrate (a region or group) gradually or stealthily, so as to attack or to seize control from within
  3. To cause a liquid or gas to permeate a substance by passing through its interstices or pores.

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  1. To pass, or cause (a fluid, cell, etc.) to pass, through small gaps or openings; filter
  2. To penetrate, or cause to penetrate (a region or group) gradually or stealthily, so as to attack or to seize control from within
  3. To cause a liquid or gas to permeate a substance by passing through its interstices or pores.

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• trickle

  1. To move, come, go, etc. little by little
  2. To cause to trickle.
  3. To flow slowly in a thin stream or fall in drops

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  1. To move, come, go, etc. little by little
  2. To cause to trickle.
  3. To flow slowly in a thin stream or fall in drops

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To clean by filtering

• purify

  1. To rid of foreign or objectionable elements:
  2. To free from incorrect or corrupting elements
  3. To rid of impurities:

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  1. To rid of foreign or objectionable elements:
  2. To free from incorrect or corrupting elements
  3. To rid of impurities:

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• sift

  1. To separate; screen; distinguish
  2. To separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving.
  3. To pass through a sieve so as to separate the coarse from the fine particles, or to break up lumps, as of flour

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  1. To separate; screen; distinguish
  2. To separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving.
  3. To pass through a sieve so as to separate the coarse from the fine particles, or to break up lumps, as of flour

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• sieve

  1. To pass through a sieve.
  2. To put or pass through a sieve; sift
  3. To use a sieve; sift.

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  1. To pass through a sieve.
  2. To put or pass through a sieve; sift
  3. To use a sieve; sift.

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• strain

  1. To exert, use, or tax to the utmost:
  2. To change the form or size of, by applying external force
  3. (--- Physics) To cause distortion of (a body's parts or shape) by applying an external force; deform.

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  1. To exert, use, or tax to the utmost:
  2. To change the form or size of, by applying external force
  3. (--- Physics) To cause distortion of (a body's parts or shape) by applying an external force; deform.

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• refine

  1. To remove by purifying.
  2. To become fine or pure; become free from impurities, etc.
  3. To use precise distinctions and subtlety in thought or speech.

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  1. To remove by purifying.
  2. To become fine or pure; become free from impurities, etc.
  3. To use precise distinctions and subtlety in thought or speech.

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• filtrate

  1. To filter
  2. To put or go through a filter.

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  1. To filter
  2. To put or go through a filter.

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• clarify

  1. To make or become clear and free from impurities
  2. To melt (butter) and remove the water and milk solids
  3. To become clear.

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  1. To make or become clear and free from impurities
  2. To melt (butter) and remove the water and milk solids
  3. To become clear.

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• clean

  1. To remove (dirt, impurities, etc.) in making clean
  2. To rid of dirt, rubbish, or impurities:
  3. In a clean or nonpolluting manner:

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  1. To remove (dirt, impurities, etc.) in making clean
  2. To rid of dirt, rubbish, or impurities:
  3. In a clean or nonpolluting manner:

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• separate

  1. To put space between; space apart or scatter:
  2. To remove from a mixture or combination; isolate.
  3. To become divided into components or parts:

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  1. To put space between; space apart or scatter:
  2. To remove from a mixture or combination; isolate.
  3. To become divided into components or parts:

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