Uttal

  • UttalUS
  • RP:
    • IPA: /ˈpɜkəʊleɪt/
  • US:
    • IPA: /ˈpərkoʊleɪt/
ÖversättningKontext
Verb
1.filtrelemek
2.sızmakfigurliga ord
3.teressüh etmekföråldrada ord

Definitioner

Verb

  1. (transitive) To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.
  2. (intransitive) To drain or seep through a porous substance.
  3. (transitive) To make (coffee) in a percolator.
  4. (intransitive, figuratively) To spread slowly or gradually; to slowly become noticed or realised.

Substantiv

  1. (rare) A liquid that has been percolated.

Exempel

  • Water percolates through sand.
  • I'll percolate some coffee.
  • Reports on the pitiful state of many prisons have finally percolated through to the Home Office, which has promised to look into the situation.
  • Through media reports it percolated to the surface that the police investigation was profoundly flawed.

Böjningsformer

Perfektparticippercolated
Imperfektpercolated
Presensparticippercolating
Pluralpercolates
Tredje person singular indicativ presenspercolates

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