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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

filter out en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To selectively remove part of something.
    • The sieve will filter out large rocks and grains of sand.
    • The brain automatically filters out useless information.
  2. (intransitive) To come out gradually (e.g. news).
    • The story of last winter's unprecedented snowstorms in Great Britain is slowly filtering out. 1941 April, “Notes and News: Railwaymen and Snow”, in Railway Magazine, page 177:

Forms

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filtered out Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
filtered out Tense=Past lexicographic
filtering out Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
filters out Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Translations (15)

ru отфильтрова́ть (To selectively remove part of something) · be адфільтро́ўваць (To selectively remove part of something) · es eliminar filtrando (To selectively remove part of something) · uk відфільтрува́ти (To selectively remove part of something) · uk відфільтро́вувати (To selectively remove part of something) · be адфільтрава́ць (To selectively remove part of something) · pl odfiltrować (To selectively remove part of something) · es filtrar fuera de (To selectively remove part of something) · ru отфильтро́вывать (To selectively remove part of something) · es filtrar (To selectively remove part of something) · es filtrar hacia afuera (To selectively remove part of something) · es quitar filtrando (To selectively remove part of something) · pl odfiltrowywać (To selectively remove part of something) · cs vyfiltrovat (To selectively remove part of something) · es tamizar (To selectively remove part of something)