percolate vs sump

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. 

sump

verb
  • Of a cave passage, to end in a sump, or to fill completely with water on occasion. 

noun
  • The crankcase or oil reservoir of an internal combustion engine. 

  • The lowest part of a mineshaft into which water drains. 

  • A hollow or pit into which liquid drains, such as a cesspool, cesspit or sink. 

  • A completely flooded cave passage, sometimes passable by diving. 

  • The pit at the lowest point in a circulating or drainage system (FM 55-501). 

  • An intentional depression around a drain or scupper that promotes drainage. 

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