percolate

To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.

Fluidextracts are liquid alcoholic preparations of uniform and definite strength, made by percolating drugs with menstrua, and concentrating a portion of the percolate […]

To drain or seep through a porous substance.

Water percolates through sand.

To make (coffee) in a percolator.

I'll percolate some coffee.

Boiled, percolated, pressed, or filtered, black coffee ranges from a light tea-like drink to deep black brew.

(of coffee) to be prepared by percolation; (of a coffee pot) to brew coffee in this way.

To spread slowly or gradually; to slowly become noticed or realised.

Reports on the pitiful state of many prisons have finally percolated through to the Home Office, which has promised to look into the situation.

Through media reports it percolated to the surface that the police investigation was profoundly flawed.

A liquid that has been percolated.

Fluidextracts are liquid alcoholic preparations of uniform and definite strength, made by percolating drugs with menstrua, and concentrating a portion of the percolate […]