filtrar — meaning in English

English meaning

• filter noun A device or material that removes unwanted particles, substances, or signals from something passing through it.
• percolate verb To let a liquid slowly pass through something full of tiny holes, so as to filter it.
• screen noun A flat surface on a device or in a cinema on which images or text are displayed.

Senses

filtrar is used for these senses in English:

• percolate (transitive) To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.
• percolate (transitive) To make (coffee) in a percolator.
• screen (medicine) To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility to a disease.

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.

percolate — full definition

1. verb To let a liquid slowly pass through something full of tiny holes, so as to filter it.
2. verb To seep or trickle gradually through a material with tiny holes in it.
3. verb To brew coffee using a percolator.
4. verb To be made, or to make coffee, using a percolator.

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