percolate

verb

1. (transitive)To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.

   “Fluidextracts are liquid alcoholic preparations of uniform and definite strength, made by percolating drugs with menstrua, and concentrating a portion of the percolate […]”

2. (intransitive)To drain or seep through a porous substance.

   “Water percolates through sand.”

3. (transitive)To make (coffee) in a percolator.

   “I'll percolate some coffee.”

   “Boiled, percolated, pressed, or filtered, black coffee ranges from a light tea-like drink to deep black brew.”

4. (intransitive)(of coffee) to be prepared by percolation; (of a coffee pot) to brew coffee in this way.
5. (figuratively, intransitive)To spread slowly or gradually; to slowly become noticed or realised.

   “Reports on the pitiful state of many prisons have finally percolated through to the Home Office, which has promised to look into the situation.”

   “Through media reports it percolated to the surface that the police investigation was profoundly flawed.”

   “[…] so that quite a perceptible interval of time elapsed before the true dimensions of the affront to his dignity commenced to percolate into the befogged and pain-racked convolutions of his brain.”

   “Some are prepared to pay for placement; others use Search Engine Optimization (SEO) hoping their result percolates up the organic SERP.”

   “The moves were a TikTokky blend of semaphore and street dance, busy with content. The teen, whose name is Zoi Lerma, has a large following on the network and her dance percolated around the world, with other celebrated TikTokkers adding their own versions.”

noun

1. (rare)A liquid that has been percolated.

   “Fluidextracts are liquid alcoholic preparations of uniform and definite strength, made by percolating drugs with menstrua, and concentrating a portion of the percolate […]”