cake vs percolate

cake

verb
  • Of blood or other liquid, to dry out and become hard. 

  • Coat (something) with a crust of solid material. 

  • To form into a cake, or mass. 

noun
  • A buttock, especially one that is exceptionally plump. 

  • Money. 

  • A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing. 

  • A small mass of baked dough, especially a thin loaf from unleavened dough. 

  • A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake. 

  • A multi-shot fireworks assembly comprising several tubes, each with a fireworks effect, lit by a single fuse. 

  • A block of any of various dense materials. 

  • A trivially easy task or responsibility; from a piece of cake. 

  • Used to describe the doctrine of having one's cake and eating it too. 

percolate

verb
  • To drain or seep through a porous substance. 

  • To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter. 

  • To make (coffee) in a percolator. 

  • To spread slowly or gradually; to slowly become noticed or realised. 

noun
  • A liquid that has been percolated. 

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