Percolate - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈpɜːrkəleɪt|  American pronunciation of the word percolate
Brit.  |ˈpɜːkəleɪt|  British pronunciation of the word percolate

noun

- the product of percolation

verb

- permeate or penetrate gradually (syn: leach)
- spread gradually
Light percolated into our house in the morning
- prepare in a percolator
percolate coffee
- cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent
- pass through (syn: filter, permeate)
- gain or regain energy (syn: perk, pick up)

Extra examples

Sunlight percolated down through the trees.

Rumors percolated throughout the town.

There is nothing like percolating coffee over an open campfire.

Coffee was percolating on the stove.

The liquid percolated through, and the solids were left behind.

Sunlight percolated through the thick leaves.

You percolate the coffee through this special paper, and it takes out the bitterness.

New theories percolate very slowly.

Gradually it percolated through to me.

The message has begun to percolate through the organization.

These ideas were slow to percolate.

Rainwater percolates down through the rock.

Light percolated into our house in the morning

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: percolate
he/she/it: percolates
present participle: percolating
past tense: percolated
past participle: percolated
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