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PERCOLATE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The product of percolation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("percolate" is a kind of...):

filtrate (the product of filtration; a gas or liquid that has been passed through a filter)

Derivation:

percolate (cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent)

percolate (prepare in a percolator)

percolate (spread gradually)

percolate (permeate or penetrate gradually)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gain or regain energy

Example:

I picked up after a nap

Synonyms:

gain vigor; percolate; perk; perk up; pick up

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "percolate" is one way to...):

convalesce; recover; recuperate (get over an illness or shock)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Pass through

Example:

Water permeates sand easily

Synonyms:

filter; percolate; permeate; sink in

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "percolate" is one way to...):

penetrate; perforate (pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "percolate"):

infiltrate (pass into or through by filtering or permeating)

infiltrate (cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

percolation (the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Cause:

filter; percolate; permeate; sink in (pass through)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "percolate"):

percolate (prepare in a percolator)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

percolate (the product of percolation)

percolation (the filtration of a liquid for extraction or purification)

percolation (the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Prepare in a percolator

Example:

percolate coffee

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "percolate" is one way to...):

percolate (cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

percolate (the product of percolation)

percolation (the filtration of a liquid for extraction or purification)

percolation (the act of making coffee in a percolator)

percolation (the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium)

percolator (a coffeepot in which boiling water ascends through a central tube and filters back down through a basket of ground coffee beans)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Spread gradually

Example:

Light percolated into our house in the morning

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "percolate" is one way to...):

diffuse; fan out; spread; spread out (move outward)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

percolate (the product of percolation)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Permeate or penetrate gradually

Example:

the fertilizer leached into the ground

Synonyms:

leach; percolate

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "percolate" is one way to...):

dribble; filter; trickle (run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

percolate (the product of percolation)

percolation (the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium)

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