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English noun: percolate | |||
| 1. | percolate (substance) the product of percolation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | filtrate | ||
English verb: percolate | |||
| 1. | percolate (motion) permeate or penetrate gradually | ||
| Samples | The fertilizer leached into the ground. | ||
| Synonyms | leach | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dribble, filter, trickle | ||
| 2. | percolate (motion) spread gradually | ||
| Samples | Light percolated into our house in the morning. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | diffuse, fan out, spread, spread out | ||
| 3. | percolate (contact) prepare in a percolator | ||
| Samples | Percolate coffee. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | percolate | ||
| 4. | percolate (contact) cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | percolate | ||
| Cause | filter, percolate, permeate, sink in | ||
| 5. | percolate (contact) pass through | ||
| Samples | Water permeates sand easily. | ||
| Synonyms | filter, permeate, sink in | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | penetrate, perforate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | infiltrate, infiltrate | ||
| 6. | percolate (body) gain or regain energy | ||
| Samples | I picked up after a nap. | ||
| Synonyms | gain vigor, perk, perk up, pick up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | convalesce, recover, recuperate | ||
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