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filter

('f/I/lt/@/r )

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

source: wordnet30
an electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
Any porous substance, as cloth, paper, sand, or charcoal, through which water or other liquid may passed to cleanse it from the solid or impure matter held in suspension; a chamber or device containing such substance; a strainer; also, a similar device for purifying air.(noun)

source: webster1913
Same as Philter.(noun)

source: webster1913

remove by passing through a filter(verb.contact)

Example:
Filter out the impurities.

Synonym:
filter out, filtrate, separate out, strain

source: wordnet30
pass through(verb.contact)

Synonym:
percolate, permeate, sink in, undergo

source: wordnet30
run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream(verb.motion)

Synonym:
dribble, trickle

source: wordnet30
To purify or defecate, as water or other liquid, by causing it to pass through a filter.(verb)

source: webster1913
To pass through a filter; to percolate.(verb)

source: webster1913

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