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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions filter noun  A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from another. Electronics or software that separates unwanted signals (for example noise) from wanted signals or that attenuates selected frequencies. Any item, mechanism, device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate. He runs an email to catch the junk mail. verb  (transitive) To sort, sift, or isolate. This strainer should out the large particles. (transitive) To diffuse; to cause to be less concentrated or focused. The leaves of the trees filtered the light. (intransitive) To pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter. The water filtered through the rock and soil. (intransitive) To move slowly or gradually; to come or go a few at a time. The crowd filtered into the theater. Etymology: (noun) From filtrum.      Full Definition of filter  Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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