filter

வடிகலம்n. வடிகட்டும் அமைவு, கசடகற்றி நீர்மம் கடந்து செல்லவிடும் மணல்-கரிப்படுகையமைவு, (வினை) வடிகட்டு, ஊறிச்செல், ஊடாகச்செய், துப்புரவாக்கு, தூய்மையாக்கு, செய்தி முதலியவற்றின் வகையில் கசிவுறு, வௌதப்படு.

Synonyms

strain percolate refine distil ooze exude leak depurate defecate clarify strain percolate refine distil ooze exude leak depurate defecate clarify

Antonyms

strain percolate refine distil ooze exude leak depurate defecate clarify strain percolate refine distil ooze exude leak depurate defecate clarify befoul muddle disturb thicken

Fil"ter, n. Etym: [F. filtre, the same word as feutre felt, LL. filtrum, feltrum, felt, fulled wool, this being used for straining liquors. See Feuter.] Defn: Any porous substance, as cloth, paper, sand, or charcoal, through which water or other liquid may passed to cleanse it from the solid or impure matter held in suspension; a chamber or device containing such substance; a strainer; also, a similar device for purifying air. Filter bed, a pond, the bottom of which is a filter composed of sand gravel. -- Filter gallery, an underground gallery or tunnel, alongside of a stream, to collect the water that filters through the intervening sand and gravel; -- called also infiltration gallery. Fil"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Filtered; p. pr. & vb. n. Filtering] Etym: [Cf. F. filter. See Filter, n., and cf. Filtrate.] Defn: To purify or defecate, as water or other liquid, by causing it to pass through a filter. Filtering paper, or Filter paper, a porous unsized paper, for filtering. Fil"ter, v. i. Defn: To pass through a filter; to percolate. Fil"ter, n. Defn: Same as Philter. Fil"ter, n. Etym: [F. filtre, the same word as feutre felt, LL. filtrum, feltrum, felt, fulled wool, this being used for straining liquors. See Feuter.] Defn: Any porous substance, as cloth, paper, sand, or charcoal, through which water or other liquid may passed to cleanse it from the solid or impure matter held in suspension; a chamber or device containing such substance; a strainer; also, a similar device for purifying air. Filter bed, a pond, the bottom of which is a filter composed of sand gravel. -- Filter gallery, an underground gallery or tunnel, alongside of a stream, to collect the water that filters through the intervening sand and gravel; -- called also infiltration gallery. Fil"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Filtered; p. pr. & vb. n. Filtering] Etym: [Cf. F. filter. See Filter, n., and cf. Filtrate.] Defn: To purify or defecate, as water or other liquid, by causing it to pass through a filter. Filtering paper, or Filter paper, a porous unsized paper, for filtering. Fil"ter, v. i. Defn: To pass through a filter; to percolate. Fil"ter, n. Defn: Same as Philter.

filter - Similar Words

filer infilter tilter milter kilter foiler fluter fitter filler felter