filtrate

Noun · Verb

Synonyms: filter strain separate out filter out

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

the product of filtration; a gas or liquid that has been passed through a filterType of product, fluidKinds percolate

Verb (1)filtrated, filtrating

remove by passing through a filter“filter out the impurities”Synonyms: filter strain separate out filter outMore general separate

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Fil′trate transitive verb [past tense & past participle Filtrated; present participle & verbal noun Filtrating. (…)]

Origin: Cf. LL. filtrare. See Filter.

To filter; to defecate; as liquid, by straining or percolation. John Arbuthnot

Fil′trate noun

That which has been filtered; the liquid which has passed through the filter in the process of filtration. Contrasted with retentate, the material remaining on the filter.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54