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проса́чиваться — meaning in English

prosachivatsya

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English meaning

  • drain noun A pipe or channel that carries away unwanted liquid.
  • filter noun A device or material that removes unwanted particles, substances, or signals from something passing through it.
  • infiltrate verb To secretly gain entry into an organization or place, often to spy or cause harm.
  • percolate verb To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.
  • permeate verb To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; applied especially to fluids which pass through substances of loose texture
  • seep verb To flow or leak slowly through small openings or a porous surface.
  • silt noun Fine particles of soil or mud carried and deposited by moving water.
  • soak verb To leave something in liquid until it becomes thoroughly wet.

Senses

проса́чиваться is used for these senses in English:

  • drain (intransitive) To lose liquid.
  • drain (transitive) To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to exhaust.
  • filter (intransitive) To pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter.
  • infiltrate (ambitransitive) To surreptitiously penetrate, enter or gain access to.
  • percolate (transitive) To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.
  • percolate (intransitive) To drain or seep through a porous substance.
  • permeate (transitive) To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; applied especially to fluids which pass through substances of loose texture
  • silt (ambitransitive) To flow through crevices; to percolate.

drain — full definition

  1. noun A pipe or channel that carries away unwanted liquid.
  2. verb To cause liquid to flow away, or for liquid to flow away, from something.
  3. verb To gradually use up someone's energy, money, or resources.
  4. noun Something that steadily consumes resources without giving anything back.

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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