verb
filter
To move gradually through or into a place.
Sunlight filters through the leaves into the quiet garden.
Etymology
A filter allows material to pass through while restraining or separating it. The movement sense extends that gradual passage to people, light, information, or other things entering a place.
More examples
- News filtered slowly into the village.
- People were filtering through the doorway.
- The information had filtered down to every department.
Forms
filter · filters · filtered · filtering