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▸ noun: Electronics or software that separates unwanted signals (for example noise) from wanted signals or that attenuates selected frequencies.
▸ noun: Any item, mechanism, device, or procedure that acts to separate or isolate.
▸ noun: (figurative) Self-restraint in speech.
▸ noun: (mathematics, order theory) A non-empty upper set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary infima (a.k.a. meets).
▸ noun: (photography) A translucent object placed in the light path of a camera to remove certain wavelengths (colors), or a computer program that simulates such an effect.
▸ noun: (social media) an appearance-altering digital image effect
▸ verb: (transitive) To sort, sift, or isolate.
▸ verb: (transitive) To diffuse; to cause to be less concentrated or focused.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To move slowly or gradually; to come or go a few at a time.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To ride a motorcycle between lanes on a road
▸ verb: (intransitive, derogatory, fandom slang) To be discouraged where a connoisseur or hardcore fan would not.
▸ noun: A surname from German.
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filtrate,
percolate,
trickle,
permeate,
dribble,
filter out,
strain,
sink in,
separate out,
prefilter,
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