filter
A thing that cleans air, water, or other liquids or gases by taking out bad or unwanted parts.
A device or material that removes unwanted particles or substances from a liquid or gas passing through it.
To make air, water, or other liquid or gas clean by passing it through something that takes out bad parts.
To remove unwanted particles or substances from a liquid or gas by passing it through a device or material.
A tool in a computer program that shows only the things you want to see and hides the rest.
A feature in software that shows only the information matching certain criteria and hides the rest.
To choose which information to see on a computer by using rules to hide other information.
To display only certain information in software according to chosen rules, hiding the rest.
A change you put on a photo or video to make it look different.
A digital or physical effect applied to an image, video, or lens to change its appearance.
- Base: filter
- Plural: filters
- Base: filter
- 3rd Person Singular: filters
- Present Participle: filtering
- Past: filtered
apply a filter
1Use device/tool to limit content
To use something that cleans, changes, or chooses what goes through it.
- You can apply a filter to your photo before posting it.
- Apply a water filter for safer drinking water.
filter out
1Remove unwanted items from set
To take away things you do not want from a group or substance.
- This program filters out spam emails automatically.
- Use this setting to filter out background noise.
through the filter of [something]
1Seen through specific perspective
To understand or judge something in a way affected by your own ideas or situation.
- He saw events through the filter of his political beliefs.
- History is often told through the filter of those in power.