filter in Sindhi سنڌي
filter in Telugu తెలుగు
filter in English
- filter⇄adj. filterless.
- filter⇄filter, noun, verb.
- filter⇄noun filterer.
- filter⇄noun 1. a device for passing a liquid or gas slowly through paper, sand, charcoal, felt, or other porous media. A filter is used to remove impurities from drinking water.
2. paper, sand, charcoal, felt, or other porous material used in such a devi - filter⇄v.i. 1. to pass or flow very slowly.
Ex. Water filters through the sandy soil and into the well. (Figurative.) All the news about the party that has filtered East in recent years has been good (New Yorker).
2. (British.) to turn or move away - filter⇄v.t. 1. to pass through a filter; strain.
Ex. We filter this water for drinking.
2. to act as a filter for.
Ex. Charcoal filters many gases.
3. to remove or control by a filter.
Ex. Filter the dirt out of drinking water.