sijpelen — meaning in English

English meaning

• distil verb To ooze out in small drops, or to give off a vapour that forms droplets.
• filter noun A device or material that removes unwanted particles, substances, or signals from something passing through it.
• ooze verb To leak or flow out slowly, especially a thick or sticky substance.

Senses

sijpelen is used for these senses in English:

• distil To fall or trickle down in small drops; to exude, to ooze out; also, to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops.
• filter (intransitive) To pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter.
• filter (intransitive) To move slowly or gradually; to come or go a few at a time.

distil — full definition

1. verb To ooze out in small drops, or to give off a vapour that forms droplets.
2. verb To pass on information gradually, a little at a time.
3. verb To purify or separate a liquid by heating it into vapour and then cooling the vapour back into liquid form.
4. verb To remove a substance from something by this heating-and-cooling process, usually used with 'off' or 'out'.

filter — full definition

1. noun A device or material that removes unwanted particles, substances, or signals from something passing through it.
2. noun A digital effect applied to an image or a setting that screens out unwanted content.
3. verb To pass something through a filter, or to sort and remove unwanted elements.

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