• colander, cullender, filter, screen, sieve, sifter, strainer
• screening, settling, straining
• to act as a filter, to function as a filter
• to by-pass, to filter out, to strain off
• to clarify, to distil, to distill, to pour off, to sieve, to strain off
• to filter, to percolate, to strain
• decantation, decanting, defecation