percolate
per|co|late /p'ɜːrkəleɪt/ (percolates percolating percolated)
1 [VERB] V prep/adv, V prep/adv
If an idea, feeling, or piece of information percolates through a group of people or a thing, it spreads slowly through the group or thing.
New fashions took a long time to percolate down.
...all of these thoughts percolated through my mind.
2 [VERB] V n, also V
When you percolate coffee or when coffee percolates, you prepare it in a percolator.
She percolated the coffee and put croissants in the oven to warm.
3 [VERB] V prep/adv
To percolate somewhere means to pass slowly through something that has very small holes or gaps in it.
Rain water will only percolate through slowly.
1 [VERB] V prep/adv, V prep/adv
If an idea, feeling, or piece of information percolates through a group of people or a thing, it spreads slowly through the group or thing.
New fashions took a long time to percolate down.
...all of these thoughts percolated through my mind.
2 [VERB] V n, also V
When you percolate coffee or when coffee percolates, you prepare it in a percolator.
She percolated the coffee and put croissants in the oven to warm.
3 [VERB] V prep/adv
To percolate somewhere means to pass slowly through something that has very small holes or gaps in it.
Rain water will only percolate through slowly.