percolate

1. (перехідне)To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.

   filtern, filtrieren

   проце́живатьprocéživatʹ, процеди́тьprocedítʹ, фильтрова́тьfilʹtrovátʹ

   проціджуватиprocidžuvaty, фільтруватиfilʹtruvaty

   pass through

2. (неперехідне)To drain or seep through a porous substance.

   Water percolates through sand.

   versickern

   проса́чиватьсяprosáčivatʹsja, просочи́тьсяprosočítʹsja, проходи́тьproxodítʹ

   просо́чуватисяprosóčuvatysja, просочи́тисяprosočýtysja, фільтрува́тисяfilʹtruvátysja

   cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent

3. (перехідне)To make (coffee) in a percolator.

   I'll percolate some coffee.

   prepare in a percolator

4. (неперехідне)(of coffee) to be prepared by percolation; (of a coffee pot) to brew coffee in this way.

5. (переносно, неперехідне)To spread slowly or gradually; to slowly become noticed or realised.

   Reports on the pitiful state of many prisons have finally percolated through to the Home Office, which has promised to look into the situation.

   Through media reports it percolated to the surface that the police investigation was profoundly flawed.

   durchsickern

   распространя́тьсяrasprostranjátʹsja, распространи́тьсяrasprostranítʹsja

   spread gradually

1. The black coffee percolated in the pot.

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