filter
Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).
Synonyms: falter, tilter, filler, wilter, fitter, kilter, felter, fister, filer, milter, filmer
Antonyms: falter, tilter, filler, wilter, fitter, kilter, felter, fister, filer, milter, filmer
Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.
Noun
- A [[device]] which [[separate]]s a [[suspended]], [[dissolved]], or [[particulate]] matter from a [[fluid]], [[solution]], or other [[substance]]; any device that separates one substance from another.
- [[electronics|Electronics]] or [[software]] that separates unwanted [[signal]]s (for example [[noise]]) from wanted signals or that [[attenuates]] selected [[frequencies]].
- Any [[item]], [[mechanism]], [[device]]{{,}} or [[procedure]] that acts to [[separate]] or [[isolate]].
- {{lb|en|figurative}} {{cap|self-restraint}} in [[speech]].
- {{lb|en|mathematics|order theory}} A non-[[empty set|empty]] [[upper set]] (of a [[partially ordered set]]) which is closed under binary [[infima]] (a.k.a. [[meet]]s).
- {{lb|en|photography}} A [[translucent]] object placed in the light path of a camera to remove certain [[wavelength]]s (colors), or a [[computer program]] that [[simulate]]s such an [[effect]].
- {{lb|en|social media}} An appearance-altering [[digital]] [[image]] [[effect]].
Verb
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[sort]], [[sift]], or [[isolate]].
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[diffuse]]; to cause to be less [[concentrated]] or [[focused]].
- {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[pass]] through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter.
- {{lb|en|intransitive}} To move [[slowly]] or [[gradually]]; to come or go a few at a time.
- {{lb|en|intransitive}} To ride a [[motorcycle]] between [[lanes]] on a road
- {{lb|en|intransitive|derogatory|fandom slang}} To be [[discourage]]d where a [[connoisseur]] or [[hardcore]] fan would not.
Proper noun
- {{surname|en|from=German}}.
Source: Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wiktionary dump) · cached copy, not a rewrite.