filter
verb [I + adv/prep] (APPEAR GRADUALLY) /ˈfɪl.tər/
/-t̬ɚ/ Definition
C2 to appear or happen gradually or to a limited degree: News filtered down to us during the day. Reports about an accident began to filter in. Sunlight filtered through the branches.Appearing and disappearing
(Definition of filter verb (APPEAR GRADUALLY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- appear verb (BE PRESENT)
- come up phrasal verb (APPEAR)
- come/crawl out of the woodwork idiom
- conjure verb
- creep in/creep into sth phrasal verb
- disappear off the face of the earth idiom
- disappearance noun
- dissolve verb (END)
- drain (sth) away phrasal verb
- erupt verb (START SUDDENLY)
- evaporate verb (DISAPPEAR)
- form noun (SHAPE)
- pass verb (GO PAST)
- peep verb (APPEAR)
- reappear verb
- rear its (ugly) head idiom
- spring verb (APPEAR SUDDENLY)
- vanish/go up/disappear in a puff of smoke idiom
- vanishing adjective
- wither verb
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