FILTER
Scrabble letter values: F4I1L1T1E1R1 = 9
Definition
- noun device that removes something from whatever passes through it.
- noun an electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it.
- verb remove by passing through a filter. — synonyms: filtrate, strain, separate_out, filter_out
- verb pass through. — synonyms: percolate, sink_in, permeate
- verb run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream. — synonyms: trickle, dribble
Examples
- “filter out the impurities”
- “Water permeates sand easily”
- “water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose”