What does percolate mean?

percolate means "permeate or penetrate gradually". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in percolate?

percolate has 3 syllables: per-co-late. The stress falls on "per". In IPA it is /ˈpɝkəˌleɪt/.

What is another word for percolate?

Close synonyms include leach, sink in, permeate, filter, perk up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is percolate a common word?

percolate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with percolate?

56 words rhyme with percolate. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

percolate — meaning, pronunciation and 7 definitions

verb

6 sensesAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
permeate or penetrate gradually
“the fertilizer leached into the ground”
Synonymsleach
Broadertrickle
2.
spread gradually
“Light percolated into our house in the morning”
Broaderdiffuse
3.
prepare in a percolator
“percolate coffee”
4.
cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent
5.
pass through
“Water permeates sand easily”
Synonymssink in permeate filter
Broaderpenetrate
Narrowerinfiltrate
6.
gain or regain energy
“I picked up after a nap”
Synonymsperk up perk pick up gain vigor
Broaderrecuperate

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
the product of percolation
Broaderfiltrate

Other forms of percolate

plural: percolates·
past tense: percolated·
present participle: percolating·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about percolate

What does percolate mean?: percolate means "permeate or penetrate gradually". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in percolate?: percolate has 3 syllables: per-co-late. The stress falls on "per". In IPA it is /ˈpɝkəˌleɪt/.
What is another word for percolate?: Close synonyms include leach, sink in, permeate, filter, perk up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is percolate a common word?: percolate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.
What rhymes with percolate?: 56 words rhyme with percolate. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for percolate come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

verb

6 sensesAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
permeate or penetrate gradually
“the fertilizer leached into the ground”
Synonymsleach
Broadertrickle
2.
spread gradually
“Light percolated into our house in the morning”
Broaderdiffuse
3.
prepare in a percolator
“percolate coffee”
4.
cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent
5.
pass through
“Water permeates sand easily”
Synonymssink in permeate filter
Broaderpenetrate
Narrowerinfiltrate
6.
gain or regain energy
“I picked up after a nap”
Synonymsperk up perk pick up gain vigor
Broaderrecuperate

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
the product of percolation
Broaderfiltrate

Other forms of percolate

plural: percolates·
past tense: percolated·
present participle: percolating·

Questions about percolate

What does percolate mean?: percolate means "permeate or penetrate gradually". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in percolate?: percolate has 3 syllables: per-co-late. The stress falls on "per". In IPA it is /ˈpɝkəˌleɪt/.
What is another word for percolate?: Close synonyms include leach, sink in, permeate, filter, perk up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is percolate a common word?: percolate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.
What rhymes with percolate?: 56 words rhyme with percolate. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

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