D defs.my
Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Percolate

/pẽrk'-əl-ātˌ/ · Per·co·late · IPA /ˈpɝkəleɪt/
01 v. t. To cause to pass through fine interstices, as a liquor; to filter; to strain.
imp. & p. p. Percolated; p. pr. & vb. n. Percolating
  1. 1.
    To cause to pass through fine interstices, as a liquor; to filter; to strain.
02 v. i. To pass through fine interstices; to filter; as, water percolates through porous stone.
  1. 1.
    To pass through fine interstices; to filter; as, water percolates through porous stone.