Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.
filter — [v] separate to refine; seep through clarify, clean, distill, drain, dribble, escape, exude, filtrate, leak, metastasize, ooze, osmose, penetrate, percolate, permeate, purify, refine, screen, sieve, sift, soak through, strain, trickle, winnow;… … New thesaurus
Filter (aquarium) — Aquarium filters are critical components of both freshwater and marine aquaria.cite book |last=Riehl |first=Rüdiger. Editor. |coauthors=Baensch, HA |title=Aquarium Atlas |year=1996. 5th Edn. |publisher=Tetra Press |location=Germany |isbn=3 88244… … Wikipedia
filter — filterer, n. /fil teuhr/, n. 1. any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids. 2. any device, as a tank or tube,… … Universalium
filter — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. filtrate, strain, sieve; percolate, pass through; purify, refine, leach. See cleanness, egress. n. strainer, sifter, sieve, screen, percolator; cheesecloth; optical or audio filter. See opening,… … English dictionary for students
filter — Synonyms and related words: bleed, bolt, butterfly, cheesecloth, clarifier, clarify, clean, clear, cloth, colander, condense, cradle, cribble, decrassify, depurate, diffusing screen, discharge, distill, drain, dribble, drip, dripple, drop,… … Moby Thesaurus
filter — 1. noun a carbon filter Syn: strainer, sifter; riddle; gauze, netting 2. verb 1) the farmers filter the water Syn: sieve, strain, sift, filtrate, clarify, purify, refine, treat … Thesaurus of popular words
filter — 1. noun a carbon filter Syn: strainer, sifter, sieve, gauze, mesh, net 2. verb 1) the farmers filter the water Syn: sieve, strain, sift, clarify, purify, refine … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
trickle — Synonyms and related words: a few, condensation, condense, distill, distillation, dribble, drip, dripping, drippings, dripple, drizzle, drop, exude, filter, flow, gurgle, handful, leach, leaching, leak, leak out, leakage, leaking, limited number … Moby Thesaurus
trickle — v trill, flow gently, plash, spill over, well out; drip, drop, fall in drops, dribble; sprinkle, drizzle; leak, ooze, exude, transude, seep, filter, distill, percolate … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
Trickling filter — A trickling filter consists of a fixed bed of rocks, gravel, slag, polyurethane foam, sphagnum peat moss, or plastic media over which sewage or other wastewater flows downward and causes a layer or film of microbial slime to grow, covering the… … Wikipedia
