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KK Pronunciation

〔 ˋfIltZ 〕

Pronunciation

〔 ˊfiltә 〕


Overview of noun filter

The noun filter has 2 senses


  • filter -- (device that removes something from whatever passes through it)

  • filter -- (an electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it)


Overview of verb filter

The verb filter has 3 senses


  • filter, filtrate, strain, separate out, filter out -- (remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the impurities")

  • percolate, sink in, permeate, filter -- (pass through; "Water permeates sand easily")

  • trickle, dribble, filter -- (run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream; "water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose"; "reports began to dribble in")