Synonyms for filtering

Grammar : Verb

Spell : fil-ter

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪl tər

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Définition 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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