Filter Meaning and Definition


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What is the definition Filter? What is its meaning in the dictionary? Words starting with Filter, Derivations, Words ending with Filter, Antonyms, Synonyms, Example sentences, How to pronounce? Related sentences and more...

Filter meaning

Word: Filter

How to pronounce: ˈfɪltə

Noun

Definitions:

1. A porous device for removing impurities or solid particles from a liquid or gas passed through it.

Example sentences: "An oil filter"

2. An arrangement whereby vehicles may turn left (or right) while other traffic waiting to go straight ahead or turn right (or left) is stopped by a red light.

Example sentences: "A filter lane"

Verb

Definitions:

1. Pass (a liquid, gas, light, or sound) through a device to remove unwanted material.

Example sentences: "The patient is hooked up to a dialysis machine twice a week to filter out the cholesterol in the blood"

2. Move slowly or in small quantities or numbers through something or in a specified direction.

Example sentences: "People filtered out of the concert during the last set"

3. (of information) gradually become known.

Example sentences: "The news began to filter in from the hospital"


Synonyms:

percolate

filtrate

cleaner

distill

sieve

sifter

biofilter

strainer

canister

screen

trickle

strain

purify

clear

permeate


Derivations:

filtering

filtered

filtration

filterable


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Filter in Other Languages...

Spanish: Filtro

German: Filter

French: Filtrer

Italian: Filtro

Turkish: Filtre


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