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Definition of percolate:
Synonyms:
intoxicate, lift up, get out, tea, get word, nab, come home, fall into place, transpire, bubble, find out, discover, riddle, pick-up, coffee, get wind, solid, get across, sink in, dawn, break, emerge, gain vigor, separate out, circulate, permeate, brew, hear, filter out, bleed, gather up, cast up, strain, spread, apprehend, learn, filtrate, receive, stimulate, deepen, channel, seep, weep, move, elate, brace, get a line, put a kettle on, come in, collect, tea leaf, tea bag, dribble, get through, burst, call for, appear, ooze, energize, leach, exude, penetrate, perk, collar, arrest, peck, grounds, come out, filter, catch, sweat, see, interpenetrate, arouse, get around, imbue, cop, crest, uplift, transude, course, energise, dash, turn around, leak out, diffuse, nail, strip, perk up, pervade, click, trickle.
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pass (part of speech: verb)
- infuse,
- infiltrate,
- leach,
- pass through,
- permeate,
- flush
Usage examples:
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How could the wall be taken down, without allowing the gas to percolate through?
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Water may percolate underground along this surface and loosen the cohesion between the upper and the underlying strata by converting the upper surface of a shale to soft wet clay, by dissolving layers of a limestone, or by removing the cement of a sandstone and converting it into loose sand.
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Then gradually the seed blown over the surface of the spring from the weeds and grass near by will take root, and, in the course of a few years, a strong turf will be formed, through which the water may percolate in many places, though giving to the unsuspecting traveler no sign of its treacherous character.
