percolate
Brew by filtering
Percolate means to filter or seep through a porous substance.
Coffee percolates when hot water passes through ground beans.
The word extends to gradual spreading or penetration: News of the scandal slowly percolated through the organization.
Ideas percolate when they develop gradually in the mind: Let that thought percolate for a while.
To percolate up is to rise from below, as when grassroots ideas reach leadership.
Seep gradually out
- leakEscape through a breach
- dripLiquid falling slowly
- trickleThin, slow stream
- filterPorous separation device
soak · saturate · infiltrate · permeate · seep · transude · absorb · groundwater
Spread information widely
- circulateMove in a loop
- filterPorous separation device
- trickleThin, slow stream
- rippleMinor surface disturbance
propagate · diffuse · radiate · pervade · spread · infiltrate · cascade · gradually
ooze
Seep gradually out
filter · soak · saturate · infiltrate · permeate · seep · transude · absorb · groundwater · soil
disseminate
Spread information widely
ripple · propagate · diffuse · radiate · pervade · spread · infiltrate · cascade · gradually · reach
espresso
Concentrated pressurized brew
- dripLiquid falling slowly
- French pressImmersion coffee brewing device
- pour-overManual filtered coffee technique
grounds · beans · filter · brew · caffeine · aroma · roast · barista · grinder · arabica
ponder
Think deeply about
simmer · brew · cogitate · muse · consider · deliberate · process · digest · gestate · stew
- diminishingabate, decrease, diminish, dwindle, ebb
- understandunderstand, grasp, realize, comprehend, get it
- passing throughgo through, pass through, cross, traverse, transit
- apothecarypharmacy, apothecary, drugstore, dispensary, pharmacist
- geology verbserode, deposit, subduct, uplift, fault
- aerateoxygenate, ventilate, carbonate, fan, bubble
percolation, percolator, percolating, percolated, percolators, percolates, percolations