Collocations for "filtering"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "filtering" in context.
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filter
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- filter [particles, sediment, radiation] out (of)
- filter out [particles]
- filter [water, liquid]
- filter the [coffee, air, pool]
- filter [moisture, dust] out of the [air, room]
- filter (out) the [noise, sound]
- the coffee is filtering
- filter through the [window, gaps, cracks, trees]
- [sunlight, music] filtered through the [window]
- filter [the crowd, people, customers] through the [doors, entrance, street]
- filter the search (results)
- filter by [size, type, value, region, height, experience]
- filter (your) [calls, emails]
- [news, word, information] is filtering through [that, about]
- [news, word, rumors] filtered out (about)
- waited for [it, the news] to filter in
- filter into the [enemy, gang, operation, country]
- using a carbon (based) filter
- use a water filter
- a [sound, noise, wave, frequency, channel, light] filter
- [radiation, ozone, hazardous gas] filters
- [email, firewall, spam] filters
- [email] filters to [block access, prevent attacks, protect your system]
- [set, configure, edit] your [email] filters
- use a filter to [catch, separate, divide, block]
- use filters to reduce [haze, hue, light, brightness]
- is passed through a filter before [bottling, cooking, heating, storing]
- goes through a filter before [bottling]
- [change, fix, repair] the oil filter
- need a new oil filter
- replace the [house's, home's] air filter
- filters used in [photography, electricity, laboratories, engines]
- cigarette filters
- UK: take the [left, right] filter lane
- [make, smoke] filter cigarettes
'filtering' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):