Filtrate (Verb)
Meaning
Remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the impurities".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The laboratory technician carefully set up the apparatus to filtrate the contaminated water and obtain a sample for further analysis.
- Filtrate the mixture through a cheesecloth to separate the solid particles from the liquid.
- Through a series of membranes, the kidneys help to filtrate waste products from the blood and expel them in the urine.
- To prepare the solution for injection, the nurse must first filtrate it through a sterile filter to remove any bacteria or particulate matter.
- The water treatment plant uses advanced systems to filtrate the raw water and make it safe for human consumption.