to cause (a liquid) to pass through a porous body; filter.

(of a liquid) to filter through; permeate.

to brew (coffee) in a percolator.

to pass through a porous substance; filter; ooze; seep; trickle.

to become percolated

The coffee is starting to percolate.

to become active, lively, or spirited.

to show activity, movement, or life; grow or spread gradually; germinate

Interest in the idea has begun to percolate.

a percolated liquid.

verb

bleed , bubble , charge , drain , exude , filter , filtrate , impregnate , leach , ooze , pass through , penetrate , perk , permeate , pervade , saturate , strain , sweat , transfuse , transude , weep , seep , transpire , brew , drip , sift , trickle