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Grammar : Verb
Spell : fil-ter
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪl tər



Definition of filtering

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Old French filtre and directly from Medieval Latin filtrum "felt," which was used to strain impurities from liquid, from West Germanic *filtiz (see felt (n.)). Of cigarettes, from 1908.
  • verb separate to refine; seep through
Example sentences :
  • Filtering will take mud out of water, but it will not remove salt.
  • Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne
  • Impressions reached her soul only after filtering through mine.
  • Extract from : « The Choice of Life » by Georgette Leblanc
  • He must not subject it to the cooking, filtering process of the brain.
  • Extract from : « Practical Mysticism » by Evelyn Underhill
  • Filtering jars, to purify water, should also be kept in the cellar.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Domestic Economy » by Catherine Esther Beecher
  • They were trying to move quietly, filtering up the hill through the woods.
  • Extract from : « Shaman » by Robert Shea
  • But after all this vile secret may be long in filtering through.
  • Extract from : « A Bottle in the Smoke » by Milne Rae
  • After filtering the lake it may be brightened with a solution of tin.
  • Extract from : « A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines » by Andrew Ure
  • But the most economical and the easiest way of making coffee is by filtering.
  • Extract from : « The Art of Entertaining » by M. E. W. Sherwood
  • A glass funnel 2½ inches in diameter is requisite in filtering.
  • Extract from : « The A B C of Mining » by Charles A. Bramble
  • The filtering medium is a natural stone, mined from the earth.
  • Extract from : « Health, Happiness, and Longevity » by Louis Philippe McCarty

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