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filter down

filter down verb: of a liquid; to move slowly down to lower substrate levels.

Verb

filter down (third-person singular simple present filters down, present participle filtering down, simple past and past participle filtered down)

  1. Of a liquid; to move slowly down to lower substrate levels.
  2. (idiomatic) (by extension) Of information, or resources; to move slowly down to lower levels of an organisation, or population.
    • They might say that the economy is improving, but it is taking a long time for any money to filter down to the poorer classes.

Forms of filter down

third-person singular presentfilters down
present participlefiltering down
past participlefiltered down
pastfiltered down

Questions about filter down

What does filter down mean?
Filter down means of a liquid; to move slowly down to lower substrate levels.
What part of speech is filter down?
Filter down is a verb.
What is the past tense of filter down?
The past tense of filter down is filtered down.

Words near filter down in the dictionary

  1. filter cake
  2. filter cakes
  3. filter card
  4. filter cards
  5. filter coffee
  6. filter down
  7. filter feeder
  8. filter feeders
  9. filter funnel
  10. filter funnels
  11. filter in turn

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