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
- noun A device or material that removes unwanted particles, substances, or signals from something passing through it.
- noun A digital effect applied to an image or a setting that screens out unwanted content.
- verb To pass something through a filter, or to sort and remove unwanted elements.
leak — full definition
- noun A crack or hole that lets liquid or gas escape or get in when it shouldn't.
- noun The unauthorized release of secret or private information.
- verb To let liquid or gas escape through an opening, or to escape that way.
- verb To reveal secret information to the public, usually without permission.