Meaning of Filter

English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Filter

1. 1
   n.

   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.

2. 2
   n.

   To purify or defecate, as water or other liquid, by causing it to pass through a filter.

3. 3
   v. i.

   To pass through a filter; to percolate.

4. 4
   n.

   Same as Philter.

5. 5
   n.

   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.

6. 6
   n.

   To purify or defecate, as water or other liquid, by causing it to pass through a filter.

7. 7
   v. i.

   To pass through a filter; to percolate.

8. 8
   n.

   Same as Philter.