percolate
verb
Norman Douglas
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Percolate comes from a Latin verb meaning "to put through a sieve". Something that percolates filters through something else, just as small particles pass through a sieve. Water is drawn downward through the soil, and this percolation usually cleans the water. A slow rain is ideal for percolating into the soil, since in a violent rainstorm most of it quickly runs off. For this reason, drip irrigation is the most effective and water-conserving form of irrigation. Percolation isn't always a physical process; awareness of an issue may percolate slowly into the minds of the public, just as Spanish words may gradually percolate into English, often starting in the Southwest.
Examples of percolate in a Sentence
EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
Do not come to Conclave in search of some divine messages about power, corruption and lies percolating within a sacred space.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024
And this one was no exception in that regard: Ideas began percolating for this rec center in 2012, as my colleague Patricia Newberry recently reported, but fundraising, inflation and other issues got in the way.
—Sydney Franklin, The Enquirer, 24 Oct. 2024
Just like [with] every other type of fashion, there have always been Black people, setting the trends, setting the fashion agenda, creating what eventually percolates out into the mainstream.
—Taylor Crumpton, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Percolate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/percolate. Accessed 9 Nov. 2024.
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