Definizione monolingua

percolate

percolate (third-person singular simple present percolates, present participle percolating, simple past and past participle percolated)

1. (transitive) To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.
2. (intransitive) To drain or seep through a porous substance.

   Water percolates through sand.

3. (transitive) To make (coffee) in a percolator.

   Ill percolate some coffee.

4. (intransitive) (figuratively) 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.

   Through media reports it percolated to the surface that the police investigation was profoundly flawed.

percolate (plural percolates)

1. (rare) A liquid that has been percolated.

Definizione dizionario percolate

filtrare

colare

Altri significati:

(intransitive) spread slowly or gradually

(rare) A liquid that has been percolated.

(intransitive) (figuratively) To spread slowly or gradually; to slowly become noticed or realised.

(transitive) To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.

(intransitive) drain through a porous substance

(transitive) pass a liquid through a porous substance

To pass a liquid gradually through small spaces or a porous substance.

(transitive) To make (coffee) in a percolator.

(intransitive) To drain or seep through a porous substance.