PERCOLATE


Meaning of PERCOLATE in English

(~s, percolating, ~d)

1.

If an idea, feeling, or piece of information ~s through a group of people or a thing, it spreads slowly through the group or thing.

New fashions took a long time to ~ down.

...all of these thoughts ~d through my mind.

VERB: V prep/adv, V prep/adv

2.

When you ~ coffee or when coffee ~s, you prepare it in a percolator.

She ~d the coffee and put croissants in the oven to warm.

VERB: V n, also V

3.

To ~ somewhere means to pass slowly through something that has very small holes or gaps in it.

Rain water will only ~ through slowly.

VERB: V prep/adv

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