Definitions

filtrate

[fil-treyt] / ˈfɪl treɪt /

VERB

filter

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clean drain dribble leak penetrate percolate permeate refine sift trickle winnow

STRONG

clarify distill escape exude metastasize ooze purify screen sieve strain

WEAK

osmose soak through

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dirty pour

STRONG

pollute

WEAK

collect combine

VERB

leach

Synonyms

STRONG

extract filter percolate seep strain

WEAK

lixiviate wash away

VERB

percolate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bubble filter ooze permeate pervade

STRONG

bleed charge drain exude impregnate leach penetrate perk saturate strain sweat transfuse transude weep

WEAK

pass through

Antonyms

STRONG

take out

Example Sentences

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Filtrate will be cloudy if gelatine is present.

From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Snyder, Harry

Is there no music in the gentle word That falls in consolation on the sad, Starting the crystal tear into the eye, Filtrate through gratitude till there remain Naught earthy in its brightness?

From Eidolon, or The Course of a Soul And Other Poems by Cassels, Walter Richard

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