PERCOLATE Definition & Meaning | 亚洲网紅露点

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percolate

[ verb pur-kuh-leyt; noun pur-kuh-lit, -leyt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

percolated, percolating.

to cause (a liquid) to pass through a porous body; filter.
(of a liquid) to filter through; permeate.
to brew (coffee) in a percolator.

verb (used without object)

percolated, percolating.

to pass through a porous substance; filter; ooze; seep; trickle.
to become percolated:
The coffee is starting to percolate.
to become active, lively, or spirited.
to show activity, movement, or life; grow or spread gradually; germinate:
Interest in the idea has begun to percolate.

noun

a percolated liquid.

percolate

/ 藞辫蓽藧办蓹濒蓹产蓹濒 /

verb

to cause (a liquid) to pass through a fine mesh, porous substance, etc, or (of a liquid) to pass through a fine mesh, porous substance, etc; trickle
rain percolated through the roof
to permeate; penetrate gradually
water percolated the road
informal.
intr to become active or lively
she percolated with happiness
to make (coffee) or (of coffee) to be made in a percolator

noun

a product of percolation

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Pronunciation Note

The pronunciation of percolate as [pur, -ky, uh, -leyt], with an intrusive y -glide, results from analogy with words like circulate and matriculate, where the unstressed vowel following the k -sound is symbolized by a u spelling, making the y -glide mandatory. In similar words where [k] is followed by some other vowel, the [y] represents a hypercorrection. The pronunciation of escalate as [es, -ky, uh, -leyt] is another such example. See coupon, new.

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Derived Forms

藞辫别谤肠辞濒补迟颈惫别, adjective
藢辫别谤肠辞藞濒补迟颈辞苍, noun
percolable, adjective

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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

辫别谤顎僣辞路濒补路产濒别 adjective
辫别谤顎僣辞路濒补顎卼颈惫别 adjective
耻苍路辫别谤顎僣辞路濒补迟顎卐诲 adjective

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of percolate¹

1620鈥�30; < Latin 辫别谤肠艒濒腻迟耻蝉, past participle of 辫别谤肠艒濒腻谤别 to filter. See per-, colander, -ate ¹

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of percolate¹

C17: from Latin 辫别谤肠辞濒腻谤别, from per + 肠艒濒腻谤别 to strain, from 肠艒濒耻尘 a strainer; see colander

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Example Sentences

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Around the same time, an idea began to percolate.

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They managed to capture water from the swollen Kaweah and Tule rivers, routing flows to basins where the water percolated underground.

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This happens because carbon dioxide from the air dissolves in rainwater to form carbonic acid - this then percolates through the rock and reacts with it, causing it to dissolve.

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When it rains, water percolates into the ground naturally, where it isn鈥檛 shunted into storm drains and concrete channels.

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Instead of percolating below the surface, water starts flowing downhill 鈥� picking up rocks and debris on in its way, Kean said.

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