filter out en · VERB
Meanings
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(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.
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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)