Overview of noun filter

The noun filter has 2 senses

• filter -- (device that removes something from whatever passes through it)


• filter -- (an electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it)

Overview of verb filter

The verb filter has 3 senses

• filter, filtrate, strain, separate out, filter out -- (remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the impurities")


• percolate, sink in, permeate, filter -- (pass through; "Water permeates sand easily")


• trickle, dribble, filter -- (run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream; "water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose"; "reports began to dribble in")