Filter meaning

What does “filter” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“filter” is a noun and verb with 5 meanings. Its most common meaning is: device that removes something from whatever passes through it.

filter

noun

  1. device that removes something from whatever passes through it

  2. an electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it

verb

  1. remove by passing through a filter

    “filter out the impurities”

  2. pass through

    “Water permeates sand easily”

  3. run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream

    “water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose”

    “reports began to dribble in”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University