I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
control/display/filter etc unit
filter tip
sunlight filters somewhere (= a little comes in )
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The canopy of leaves allows some sunlight to filter through.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
air
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And it comes with a removable air filter , an extra long cable, fitted plug and a two year guarantee.
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The remains of the air filter system was fitted facing the rear bulkhead.
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At the same time the company announced that it would spend £225,000 on installing a special air filter in the factory.
oil
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The remote oil filter pipes rubbed against the sharp edge of the battery bracket.
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Pardue's aircraft had metal on the oil filter screens as well as part of a piston ring.
unit
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Today's forward thinking manufacturers are already offering systems which include self-washing filter units and energy efficient airflow patterns.
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Above and right: The home-made filter unit again makes use of planting baskets, and is disguised by the water mill.
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Plugged pond filter I have a filter unit which is gravity-fed from a second tank.
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These units are also available attached to a filter lid to fit Remanoid filter units.
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All pipework is fully insulated and the whole filter unit is covered by a padded insulation cover.
water
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Are you interested in a plumbed-in water filter or would a table-top model suit you better?
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However, portable water filters provide another simple alternative.
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There are two fold-up seats in the corridor, a water filter at one end, and twenty-four gas-burners in all.
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Most people do not drink enough plain water - so invest in a water filter to try mineral waters.
■ VERB
clean
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Change or clean your filter once a month.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a water filter
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An interference filter consists of two thin-silvered pieces of glass which are semitransparent.
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FiltrationA filter is of great help in keeping water free of suspended material, but it does not alleviate a polluted condition.
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If I build a trickle filter , holding approximately 10 gallons, will I be able to increase my stocking level?
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Marine Answers Increasing the stock I have a 34 gallon set up with an undergravel filter and external canister filter.
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The filter was constructed as shown in the diagram and then stood on the wooden crosspieces on top of the vat.
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The bi-word filter eliminated some possibilities but was not good enough to find a single interpretation.
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Two small filters can be easier to hide than one large one.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
back
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As reports of pending victory filtered back into the command post, the General made his final mistake.
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As time went on, the stern lessons of war began to filter back to the United States.
down
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The whole consignment, Carmichael says, must filter down into as many pairs of hands as possible.
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But now this concept has filtered down to jobs such as shop assistants and waiters.
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The chill filters down through the starry night and edges under my skin.
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At least the moonlight was beginning to filter down , and showed him an intersection almost at once.
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In the patchy moonlight filtering down through the latticework of branches above, he could see no lurking figures.
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Little enough of the borough's wealth appears to have filtered down to the townsfolk.
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Evian water takes 15 years to filter down from Alpine snows to the town spring.
in
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The light filtering in was enough to reveal a darkly gleaming surface of water, turbulent, continually rising.
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Voices filtered in , a clutter of other sounds.
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She slept unexpectedly soundly, and when she next opened her eyes, daylight was filtering in through the rather grimy window.
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The girls filter in and allow themselves to be congratulated or consoled depending on the night.
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Both had taken quite a beating by the time the first grey flickers of dawn filtered in .
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But snippets and fragments of legend and lore had filtered in from somewhere.
out
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Information that is irrelevant is filtered out .
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Something was filtered out , some obscuring, personal static.
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The air was improving as the recyclers filtered out the stench and the smoke.
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The metals, if not filtered out , can clog steel and iron pipes, cause corrosion and diminish water pressure.
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It is a dangerous complication which must be filtered out .
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Applying ink to the page filters out certain colours, and you only see those reflected.
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ISPs are increasingly filtering out known spam, and most newsgroup clients support user-defined filters, so use them.
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Indeed, the signal from the mat flux episodes may have to be filtered out to permit conventional Milankovitch band analysis.
through
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It seems that the ideals of the supposed alternative comedians had filtered through about eight years too late.
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Atrocity stories filtered through , of the Mamelukes bursting into the citadel; of the destruction, the rampage; the plundering.
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That will filter through to companies that produce goods and services.
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News of its intended publication filtered through to Orkney late on the Saturday night.
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But the celluloid dreams filtered through .
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This practical ineptitude filtered through to my sporting life by way of golf.
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Whenever possible allow sunlight to filter through to the tank.
■ NOUN
information
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You should regularly filter and funnel your information into a single set of notes.
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Yet clearly the psychological makeup of the mind filters the information presented to it by the seeing eye.
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Our responsibility is to filter information so that we do not over-influence the situation and create self-fulfilling prophecies of our own devising.
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Hierarchies have developed to manage effectively the filtering of information needed to tackle tasks cooperatively.
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Those filtering the information have also frequently exploited their position to select and control the flow for their own purposes.
light
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The light filtering in was enough to reveal a darkly gleaming surface of water, turbulent, continually rising.
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On sunny days, the rooms glow with diffused light filtering through translucent shoji screens.
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BAt her new home, Tamika sits in a playroom aglow with morning light filtered through pink lace curtains.
sunlight
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Whenever possible allow sunlight to filter through to the tank.
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The path is marked, the rise gradual, the sunlight bright and playful filtering through the leaves.
water
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Then the mixture flows via a receiving hopper to a revolving drum where the water is filtered out.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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In remote areas, you will need to filter or boil your drinking water.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Memory was mischievously selective at the best of times Trivia stuck limpet-like and the useful filtered away.
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That software can filter either e-mail or Usenet postings.
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These firms know what the local law is, and could filter some Internet content as demanded by it.
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These used rotating discs to initiate a quasi-musical sound which was then filtered, processed and reproduced at different pitches.
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When they are exhaled they are filtered through the white crystals of soda lime, and a bacterial filter.