1. Pass through
   "The rain slowly percolated through the soil";
   - sink in, permeate, filter
    
2. Permeate or penetrate gradually
   "the fertilizer percolated into the ground";
   - leach
    
3. Spread gradually
   "Light percolated into our house in the morning"
    
4. Cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent
   "They percolated hot water through the coffee grounds"
    
5. Prepare in a percolator
   "percolate coffee"
    
6. [N. Amer, informal] Gain or regain energy
   "His enthusiasm percolated after hearing the good news";
   - perk up, perk, pick up, gain vigor [US], gain vigour [Brit, Cdn]

1. The product of percolation
   "He collected the percolate from the coffee maker"

Derived forms: percolating, percolates, percolated

Type of: convalesce, diffuse, dribble, fan out, filter, filtrate, pass through, penetrate, pierce, recover, recuperate, spread, spread out, trickle

Encyclopedia: Percolate