percolate
verb
1. permeate or penetrate gradually
Similar word(s): leach
Definition categories: motion, dribble, filter, trickle
2. spread gradually
- Light percolated into our house in the morning
Definition categories: motion, diffuse, spread
3. prepare in a percolator
- percolate coffee
Definition categories: contact, percolate
4. cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent
Definition categories: contact
5. pass through
Similar word(s): filter, permeate
Definition categories: contact, penetrate, perforate
6. gain or regain energy
Similar word(s): perk
Definition categories: body, convalesce, recover, recuperate
Sentences with percolate as a verb:
- Water percolates through sand.
- I'll percolate some coffee.
- Reports on the pitiful state of many prisons have finally percolated through to the Home Office, which has promised to look into the situation.
- Through media reports it percolated to the surface that the police investigation was profoundly flawed.