filter
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
device that removes something from whatever passes through it
Types & categories
- device hypernym
- air filter hyponym
- bacteria bed hyponym
- coffee filter hyponym
- drain basket hyponym
- filter bed hyponym
- fuel filter hyponym
- light filter hyponym
- oil filter hyponym
- strainer hyponym
- water filter hyponym
- glass wool hyponym
- diatomaceous earth hyponym
Related & opposite
- filter derivation
Sense 2 verb
remove by passing through a filter
filter out the impurities
Types & categories
- separate hypernym
Related & opposite
- filtration derivation
- filter derivation
- strainer derivation
- filtration derivation
- filtrate derivation
Sense 3 noun
an electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it
Types & categories
- electrical device hypernym
- high-pass filter hyponym
- low-pass filter hyponym
Sense 4 verb
pass through
Water permeates sand easily
Types & categories
- penetrate hypernym
- infiltrate hyponym
- infiltrate hyponym
Related & opposite
- filtration derivation
- filtration derivation
- percolation derivation
- permeation derivation
- permeant derivation
Sense 5 verb
run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream
water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- dribble derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | filter |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | device |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | air filter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bacteria bed |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | coffee filter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | drain basket |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | filter bed |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fuel filter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | light filter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | oil filter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | strainer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | water filter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | glass wool |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | diatomaceous earth |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | filtration |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | filter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | strainer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | filtration |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | filtrate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | separate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | electrical device |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | high-pass filter |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | low-pass filter |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | filtration |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | filtration |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | percolation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | permeation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | permeant |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | penetrate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | infiltrate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | infiltrate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | dribble |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | course |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | percolate |