pass+slowly
41percolate — [[t]pɜ͟ː(r)kəleɪt[/t]] percolates, percolating, percolated 1) VERB If an idea, feeling, or piece of information percolates through a group of people or a thing, it spreads slowly through the group or thing. [V prep/adv] New fashions took a long… …
42Single track road — A single track road or one lane road is a road that permits two way travel but is not wide enough to allow oncoming vehicles to pass. This kind of road is common in rural areas across the United Kingdom. To accommodate two way traffic, single… …
43filter — [fil′tər] n. [ME filtre < OFr < ML filtrum, feltrum, felt, fulled wool (used for straining liquors) < Gmc: see FELT1] 1. a device for separating solid particles, impurities, etc. from a liquid or gas by passing it through a porous… …
44ooze — 1. v. & n. v. 1 intr. (of fluid) pass slowly through the pores of a body. 2 intr. trickle or leak slowly out. 3 intr. (of a substance) exude moisture. 4 tr. exude or exhibit (a feeling) liberally (oozed sympathy). n. 1 a sluggish flow or… …
45Lapse — Lapse, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lapsed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lapsing}.] 1. To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; mostly restricted to figurative uses. [1913 Webster] A tendency to lapse… …
46Lapsed — Lapse Lapse, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lapsed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lapsing}.] 1. To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; mostly restricted to figurative uses. [1913 Webster] A tendency to… …
47Lapsing — Lapse Lapse, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lapsed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lapsing}.] 1. To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; mostly restricted to figurative uses. [1913 Webster] A tendency to… …
48porous — po|rous [ˈpo:rəs] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: poreux, from pore; PORE1] 1.) allowing liquid, air etc to pass slowly through many very small holes ▪ porous material 2.) easy to pass through or get into something ▪ the porous border… …
49wear on — verb pass slowly (of time) (Freq. 2) The day wore on • Hypernyms: ↑decline, ↑go down, ↑wane • Verb Frames: Something s * * * …
50hang heavy — or[hang heavy on one s hands] {v. phr.} To pass slowly or uninterestingly; be boring with little to do. * /The vacation time hung heavy on Dick s hands because all his friends were away at camp./ Compare: ON ONE S HANDS …
