n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: fil · tered ; fil · ter · ing \ -t( ə -)ri ŋ \
Date: 1576
transitive verb
1 : to subject to the action of a filter
2 : to remove by means of a filter
intransitive verb
1 : to pass or move through or as if through a filter
2 : to come or go in small units over a period of time <people began filter ing in>