percolations
Slow liquid passages
Percolations are instances of liquid filtering slowly through a porous substance, or the process itself.
Coffee percolates through grounds; water percolates through soil.
The word extends to gradual spreading or seeping: percolations of rumor through the office, the slow percolations of new ideas into mainstream thought.
Water in underground rock
- aquiferGroundwater-bearing geological formation
- seepageSlow fluid escape
- infiltrationCovert entry into organization
- soilGround matter for planting
sediment · limestone · karst · springs · water table · mineral · dissolution · porous rock
Wide distribution of information
- diffusionPassive molecular spreading
- infiltrationCovert entry into organization
- penetrationEntry into something
- spreadTo distribute widely
seeping · gradual movement · osmosis · distribution · transmission · propagation · circulation · dispersion
Rendered cooking fat
- seepingFlowing slowly through
- filteringSelective passage of elements
- brewingBeverage preparation process
- extractionAct of removing
trickling · leaching · straining · infusion · saturation · grounds · sediment · passing through
Extending over space
- tricklingFlowing in thin stream
- filteringSelective passage of elements
- emergingComing into view
- bubbling upRising in small spheres
insights · realizations · dawning · surfacing · crystallizing · forming · developing · incubating
groundwater
Water in underground rock
- aquiferGroundwater-bearing geological formation
- seepageSlow fluid escape
- infiltrationCovert entry into organization
soil · sediment · limestone · karst · springs · water table · mineral · dissolution · porous rock · bedrock
dissemination
Wide distribution of information
- diffusionPassive molecular spreading
- infiltrationCovert entry into organization
- penetrationEntry into something
spread · seeping · gradual movement · osmosis · distribution · transmission · propagation · circulation · dispersion · trickling down
dripping
Rendered cooking fat
- seepingFlowing slowly through
- filteringSelective passage of elements
- brewingBeverage preparation process
extraction · trickling · leaching · straining · infusion · saturation · grounds · sediment · passing through · membrane
spreading
Extending over space
bubbling up · insights · realizations · dawning · surfacing · crystallizing · forming · developing · incubating · gestating
brewing
Beverage preparation process
carafe · aroma · steaming · morning · caffeine · pot · basket · water reservoir · automatic · stovetop
percolationstorrents
Violent, rushing streams
deluges · surges · cascades · rushes · outpourings
percolationsblockages
Things stopping flow
obstructions · breaches · ruptures · eruptions · stoppages
percolationsretentions
Acts of keeping possession
stagnations · containments · absorptions · standstills · stillness