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filtrar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • filter noun A device or material that removes unwanted particles, substances, or signals from something passing through it.
  • leak noun A crack or hole that lets liquid or gas escape or get in when it shouldn't.
  • screen noun A flat surface on a device or in a cinema on which images or text are displayed.
  • seep verb To flow or leak slowly through small openings or a porous surface.

Senses

filtrar is used for these senses in English:

  • filter (transitive) To sort, sift, or isolate.
  • filter out (transitive) To selectively remove part of something.
  • leak (transitive) To allow fluid or gas to pass through an opening that should be sealed.
  • leak (intransitive) (of a fluid or gas) To pass through an opening that should be sealed.
  • screen To filter by passing through a screen.
  • screen To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing. To hide the facts.
  • 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.

leak — full definition

  1. noun A crack or hole that lets liquid or gas escape or get in when it shouldn't.
  2. noun The unauthorized release of secret or private information.
  3. verb To let liquid or gas escape through an opening, or to escape that way.
  4. verb To reveal secret information to the public, usually without permission.

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