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Filter (Verb)

Run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream; "water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose"; "reports began to dribble in".

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

Rumors about the company's financial trouble began to filter in through social media.
New information started to filter out from the secretive organization.
Details of the top-secret project slowly started to filter out.
Reports of the disaster started to filter in as the phones lines were restored.
News began to filter in from the scene of the accident.

Remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the impurities".

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

The water purification system can filter out the heavy metals from contaminated water.
The coal-mining accident highlighted the need to filter out toxic substances from local water supplies.
To avoid potential allergens, she decided to filter the air in her home with an air purifier.
The coffee beans' impurities are filter out during the roasting process.
Car manufacturers use oil filters to filter engine contaminants from the oil in their vehicles.

Pass through; "Water permeates sand easily".

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Light filters through the leaves of the trees, creating dappled shadows on the ground.
The coffee drips slowly as it filters through the ground beans in the French press.
Certain sounds are able to filter through the hotel room walls, making it difficult to sleep.
The sunlight filters through the blinds, casting narrow strips of light across the floor.
The liquid filters through the gauze, separating the solid particles from the solution.