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To cause to pass through fine interstices, as a liquor; to filter; to strain.
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To pass through fine interstices; to filter; as, water percolates through porous stone.
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Soaking of water through the soil.
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to trickle or cause to trickle through something porous
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cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent
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the flow of ground water due to gravity through the pores in rock or soil.
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to drain or seep through a porous and permeable substance; to filter, such as liquid passing through a porous body (water through soil to an aquifer).
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when water passes through the grains of soil
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to pass through small holes or a porous substance (Rain water can easily percolate through the porous, sandy soil of New Jersey's Pinelands.)
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The downward flow of water through the pores or spaces of unsaturated rock or soil
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The movement of water through a porous substance such as soil.
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To pass a liquid gradually through small spaces or a porous substance.
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