A group of bacteria or viruses that are genetically distinct from other groups of the same species, Any of the various lines of ancestry united in an individual or a family; ancestry or lineage, The tone, tenor, or substance of a verbal utterance or of a particular action or behavior, intransitive verb_ To pass (a liquid) through a filtering agent such as a strainer, To force beyond the proper or reasonable limit, To contract or exert one's muscles to the utmost

Straining; defecating_ used in compounds, verb_ Present participle of filter

A porous material through which a liquid or gas is passed in order to separate the fluid from suspended particulate matter, A colored glass or other transparent material used to select the wavelengths of light allowed to reach a photosensitive material, A device for arresting and separating any matter mechanically suspended in a liquid, intransitive verb_ To pass through a filter; to percolate, transitive verb_ To purify or defecate, as water or other liquid, by causing it to pass through a filter, a porous unsized paper, for filtering, verb_ remove by passing through a filter, pass through

pass into or through by filtering or permeating