filter

'filtə 1. noun

1) (a strainer or other device through which liquid, gas, smoke etc can pass, but not solid material: A filter is used to make sure that the oil is clean and does not contain any dirt; (also adjective) filter paper.) filter

2) (a kind of screening plate used to change or correct certain colours: If you are taking photographs in sun and snow, you should use a blue filter.) (lys-/farge)filter

2. verb

1) ((of liquids) to (become) clean by passing through a filter: The rain-water filtered into a tank.) filtrere, sive

2) (to come bit by bit or gradually: The news filtered out.) sive ut

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- filter-tip

filter

I

subst. \/ˈfɪltə\/

1) filter (også fotografi og kjemi)

2) sil, filterapparat

3) (samferdsel, også filter signal) grønn pil (for svingende trafikk)

II

verb \/ˈfɪltə\/

1) filtrere, sile

2) trakte (kaffe) (gjennom filter)

3) filtreres, siles

4) (samferdsel) svinge av (fra stillestående fil)

5) sive gjennom

filter into ta seg inn i, langsomt vinne innpass i

• new ideas filtering into people's minds

nye tanker som langsomt vinner innpass hos menneskene

filter out (through) fjerne ved filtrering ta seg ut (igjennom)

• the news of the defeat filtered out

nyheten om nederlaget lekket ut

filter through (også) sive gjennom, sno seg gjennom

• sunlight filtered through the Venetian blinds

solstrålene sivet gjennom persiennene

• agents filtered through the front lines

agenter snodde seg gjennom frontlinjene