FILTER

• (noun) device that removes something from whatever passes through it

• (noun) an electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it

• (verb) pass through

  "Water permeates sand easily"

  synonyms : percolate , permeate , sink in

• (verb) remove by passing through a filter

  "filter out the impurities"

  synonyms : filter out , filtrate , separate out , strain

• (verb) 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"

  synonyms : dribble , trickle

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