Dictionary Check: filter

"filter" is a valid word!

Scrabble 9 points
Words with Friends 10 points

Definition

noun

device that removes something from whatever passes through it

noun

an electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it

verb

remove by passing through a filter

Example: "filter out the impurities"
verb

pass through

Example: "Water permeates sand easily"
verb

run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream

Example: "water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose"
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