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- Dictionarydistil/dɪˈstɪl/
verb
- 1. purify (a liquid) by heating it so that it vaporizes, then cooling and condensing the vapour and collecting the resulting liquid: "they managed to distil a small quantity of water" Similar
- 2. extract the essential meaning or most important aspects of: "my travel notes were distilled into a book"
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DISTIL definition: 1. to make a liquid stronger or purer by heating it until it changes to a gas and then cooling it…. Learn more.
to heat a liquid until it changes to a gas and then make it liquid again by cooling: distilled water / whiskey. To distill something said or written is to reduce it but keep the most important part: She distilled the report into a paragraph.
DISTIL meaning: 1. to make a liquid stronger or purer by heating it until it changes to a gas and then cooling it…. Learn more.
distil. British English: distil VERB / dɪˈstɪl /. If a liquid such as whisky or water is distilled, it is heated until it changes into steam or vapour and then cooled until it becomes liquid again. This is usually done in order to make it pure. Pure water is vital in whisky distilling.
Definition of distil verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Distil definition: a variant of distill. . See examples of DISTIL used in a sentence.
Meaning & use. 1.a. c1400–. intransitive. To trickle down or fall in minute drops, as rain, tears; to issue forth in drops or in a fine moisture; to exude. c1400. Þe liquour þat distilles oute of þe braunches. Mandeville's Travels (Roxb.) vii. 26. 1430. Her teares on her chekes twayne Full pyteously gan to destylle.
Definitions of 'distil' 1. If a liquid such as whisky or water is distilled, it is heated until it changes into steam or vapour and then cooled until it becomes liquid again. This is usually done in order to make it pure. [...] 2.
1. If a liquid such as whisky or water is distilled, it is heated until it changes into steam or vapour and then cooled until it becomes liquid again. This is usually done in order to make it pure. [...] 2. If an oil or liquid is distilled from a plant, it is produced by a process which extracts the most essential part of the plant.
1. To subject (a substance) to distillation. 2. To separate (a distillate) by distillation. 3. To increase the concentration of, separate, or purify by or as if by distillation. 4. To separate or extract the essential elements of: distill the crucial points of the book. 5. To exude or give off (matter) in drops or small quantities. v.intr. 1.
