filtering

Definitions

noun

1

The process of passing something through a filter.

2

Something that passes through a filter.

the filterings from the subsoils

Waking up in Langogne in a dim dawn, I felt in a strange sort of way more at home than I'd been for a long time in my own sadly altered version of home, even a year on from her death – especially in the first filterings of daylight […]

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ADJ.

natural

The water company uses natural filtering through layers of sand and gravel.

VERB + FILTERING

enjoying

She's enjoying filtering through the old photo albums looking for pictures from her childhood.

FILTERING + NOUN

ability, tea

The water pitcher's filtering ability removes chlorine and improves the taste significantly.

PREP.

through

The coffee was slowly filtering through the paper filter into the pot below.

ADV.

closely

The security team was closely filtering all incoming emails for suspicious attachments.

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the filterings from the subsoils

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Waking up in Langogne in a dim dawn, I felt in a strange sort of way more at home than I'd been for a long time in my own sadly altered version of home, even a year on from her death – especially in t

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I'm not filtering your tea.

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The key discovery, researchers said, is how closely this natural filtering ability is linked to a person’s IQ score.

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He was enjoying the sunshine filtering through the branches.

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