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FILTER OUT
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove by passing through a filter
Example:
filter out the impurities
Synonyms:
filter; filter out; filtrate; separate out; strain
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "filter out" is one way to...):
separate (divide into components or constituents)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something