Synonyms for filtering
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : fil-ter |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪl tər |
Top 10 synonyms for filtering Other synonyms for the word filtering
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
- 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
Antonyms for filtering
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