percolating
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percolating verb
- To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.
- To drain or seep through a porous substance.“Water percolates through sand.”
- To make (coffee) in a percolator.“I'll percolate some coffee.”
- To spread slowly or gradually; to slowly become noticed or realised.“Reports on the pitiful state of many prisons have finally percolated through to the Home Office, which has promised to look into the situation.”
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permeatefiltersink inleachpick upperk upperkgain vigorpercolatorsimmeringfermentingroilingbubblinggerminatingpondingsteeping
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