Main Entry: ²filter

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): fil·tered; fil·ter·ing \-t(ə-)riŋ\

Date: 1576

transitive verb 1 : to subject to the action of a filter
2 : to remove by means of a filterintransitive verb 1 : to pass or move through or as if through a filter
2 : to come or go in small units over a period of time <people began filtering in>