filter out

filtrer, éliminer

Retirer les éléments indésirables d’un liquide, de l’air ou d’un ensemble de choses.

En anglais simple : To remove unwanted things from a liquid, air, or group of things.

• This mask filters out dust.
• The system filtered unwanted messages out of my inbox.
• Can you filter out the background noise?

Comment l'utiliser : filter something out of something (The device filters dust out of the air.)

Synonymes : remove, screen out, exclude

Expressions courantes : filter out something, filter out dust

filtrer, se répandre peu à peu

Pour une information, devenir connue peu à peu en parvenant à davantage de personnes.

En anglais simple : To become known gradually as information reaches more people.

• The news slowly filtered out.
• Details of the deal filtered out over several weeks.
• More information is filtering out from people who attended the meeting.

Comment l'utiliser : filter out of somewhere (Details filtered out of the meeting during the afternoon.)

Synonymes : emerge, leak out, come out

Expressions courantes : filter out slowly, filter out gradually