Meaning

6 senses
  1. (transitive)To sort, sift, or isolate.

    This strainer should filter out the large particles.

    filtern

    фильтрова́тьfilʹtrovátʹ, отфильтрова́тьotfilʹtrovátʹ, профильтрова́тьprofilʹtrovátʹ

    фільтруватиfilʹtruvaty

  2. (transitive)To diffuse; to cause to be less concentrated or focused.

    The leaves of the trees filtered the light.

    filtern

  3. (intransitive)To pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter.

    The water filtered through the rock and soil.

    filtrieren

    фильтрова́тьсяfilʹtrovátʹsja, проса́чиватьсяprosáčivatʹsja, просочи́тьсяprosočítʹsja

    фільтрува́тисяfilʹtruvátysja

    remove by passing through a filter

  4. (intransitive)To move slowly or gradually; to come or go a few at a time.

    The crowd filtered into the theater.

    filtrieren, passieren

  5. (intransitive)To ride a motorcycle between lanes on a road

    I can skip past all the traffic on my bike by filtering.

  6. (derogatory, intransitive, slang)To be discouraged where a connoisseur or hardcore fan would not.

    Most people get filtered by that episode.

Examples

124 sentences
  1. How do you change the filter?

    Як міняється фільтр? — deniko

  2. Did you change the filter?

    Ти поміняв фільтр? — deniko

    ruТы менял фильтр? — marafon

    deHast du den Filter ausgetauscht? — Luiaard

  3. You need to change your air filter.

  4. You should replace the filter every three months.

  5. How often do you change your oil filter?

    deWie oft wechselst du deinen Ölfilter? — Waldelfe

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to sort, sift, or isolate:
to pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter:
Русский
By meaning 2
to sort, sift, or isolate:
to pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to sort, sift, or isolate:
to pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter:
to come or go a few at a time:

Origin

From Middle English filtre, from Medieval Latin filtrum (compare also Old French feutre (“

From Middle English filtre, from Medieval Latin filtrum (compare also Old French feutre (“felt; filter”)), from Frankish *filtir, from Proto-West Germanic *felt. See felt. Doublet of phin.

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Forms

filters, filtering, filtered, filtered
Base formfilter · to filter
3rd person singularfilters
Present participlefiltering
Past simplefiltered
Past participlefiltered

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfilter
he, she, itfilters

Past simpleLesson

all personsfiltered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave filtered
he, she, ithas filtered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill filter

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

10 synonyms
to sort, sift, or isolate:to filter out
Close in meaning

Word family

15 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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