[{"word":"filter","phonetic":"/ˈfɪltə/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈfɪltə/","audio":""},{"text":"/ˈfɪltɚ/","audio":"https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/filter-us.mp3","sourceUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=199887","license":{"name":"BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"}}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from another.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Electronics or software that separates unwanted signals (for example noise) from wanted signals or that attenuates selected frequencies.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Any item, mechanism, device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He runs an email filter to catch the junk mail."},{"definition":"Self-restraint in speech.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He's got no filter, and he's always offending people as a result."},{"definition":"A non-empty upper set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary infima (a.k.a. meets).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"If (1) the universal set (here, the set of natural numbers) were called a \"large\" set, (2) the superset of any \"large\" set were also a \"large\" set, and (3) the intersection of a pair of \"large\" sets were also a \"large\" set, then the set of all \"large\" sets would form a filter."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":["ideal"]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To sort, sift, or isolate.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"This strainer should filter out the large particles."},{"definition":"To diffuse; to cause to be less concentrated or focused.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The leaves of the trees filtered the light."},{"definition":"To pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The water filtered through the rock and soil."},{"definition":"To move slowly or gradually; to come or go a few at a time.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The crowd filtered into the theater."},{"definition":"To ride a motorcycle between lanes on a road","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I can skip past all the traffic on my bike by filtering."}],"synonyms":["filter out"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/filter"]}]