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Noun percolate has 1 sense
  1. percolate - the product of percolation
    --1 is a kind of     filtrate
    Derived forms: verb percolate4, verb percolate3, verb percolate2, verb percolate1
,Verb percolate has 6 senses
  1. leach, percolate - permeate or penetrate gradually; "the fertilizer leached into the ground"
    --1 is one way to trickle, dribble, filter
    Derived forms: noun percolate1, noun percolation1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
  2. percolate - spread gradually; "Light percolated into our house in the morning"
    --2 is one way to     diffuse, spread, spread out, fan out
    Derived form: noun percolate1
    Sample sentence:
    Something is ----ing PP
  3. percolate - prepare in a percolator; "percolate coffee"
    --3 is one way to     percolate
    Derived forms: noun percolate1, noun percolation1, noun percolation3, noun percolation2, noun percolator1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  4. percolate - cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent
    Derived forms: noun percolate1, noun percolation1, noun percolation3
    Sample sentence:
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  5. percolate, sink in, permeate, filter - pass through; "Water permeates sand easily"
    --5 is one way to penetrate, perforate
    Derived form: noun percolation1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
  6. perk up, perk, percolate, pick up, gain vigor - gain or regain energy; "I picked up after a nap"
    --6 is one way to recuperate, recover, convalesce
    Sample sentence:
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