filtrate

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: fil=trate

CIDE DICTIONARY

filtrate, v. t. [Cf. LL. filtrare. See Filter.].

 To filter; to defecate; as liquid, by straining or percolation.  Arbuthnot.  [1913 Webster]

filtrate, n. 

 That which has been filtered; the liquid which has passed through the filter in the process of filtration. Contrasted with retentate, the material remaining on the filter.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

filtrate, v. & n.
--v.tr. filter.
--n. filtered liquid.

Derivative

filtration n.

Etymology

mod.L filtrare (as FILTER)

ROGET THESAURUS

filtrate

Cleanness

VB be clean, render clean, clean, cleanse, mundify, rinse, wring, flush, full, wipe, mop, sponge, scour, swab, scrub, brush up, wash, lave, launder, buck, absterge, deterge, decrassify, clear, purify, depurate, despumate, defecate, purge, expurgate, elutriate, lixiviate, edulcorate, clarify, refine, rack, filter, filtrate, drain, strain, disinfect, fumigate, ventilate, deodorize, whitewash, castrate, emasculate, sift, winnow, pick, weed, comb, rake, brush, sweep, rout out, clear out, sweep out, make a clean sweep of.

Egress

VB emerge, emanate, issue, egress, go out of, come out of, move out of, pass out of, pour out of, flow out of, pass out of, evacuate, exude, transude, leak, run through, out through, percolate, transcolate, egurgitate, strain, distill, perspire, sweat, drain, ooze, filter, filtrate, dribble, gush, spout, flow out, well, well out, pour, trickle, effuse, extravasate, disembogue, discharge itself, debouch, come forth, break forth, burst out, burst through, find vent, escape.