Filter Meaning and Definition

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