filter

Meanings

• device that removes something from whatever passes through it
• an electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it
• remove by passing through a filter
  • "filter out the impurities"
• pass through
• run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream

Synonyms

dribble, filter out, filtrate, percolate, permeate, separate out, sink in, strain, trickle