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adjective
- 1. (of a liquid) having been purified by undergoing heating and condensation: "distilled water"
- 2. (of spirits or an essence) produced by distilling: "the distilled whisky is filtered through 10 feet of charcoal"
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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.
to make a liquid stronger or purer by heating it until it changes to a gas and then cooling it so that it changes back into a liquid: Some strong alcoholic drinks such as whiskey are made by distilling. Spirits & distilling. absinthe. amaretto. applejack. benedictine. bitter. cordial. creme. crème de menthe. curaçao. distillation. liqueur.
If a thought or idea is distilled from previous thoughts, ideas, or experiences, it comes from them. If it is distilled into something, it becomes part of that thing.
1. : to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate entry 1 sense 3b) in drops or in a wet mist. some caves are dry, others distill water from invisible rifts Norman Douglas. 2. a. : to purify or transform (a liquid) by successive evaporation and condensation : to subject to or transform by distillation. distill molasses into rum. b.
DISTILLED definition: produced by distillation | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples
When you distill something, you are boiling it down to its essence — its most important part. Whether it's alcohol or ideas, the distilled part is the most powerful.
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.
Distill definition: to subject to a process of vaporization and subsequent condensation, as for purification or concentration.. See examples of DISTILL used in a sentence.
Distilled definition: obtained or produced by distillation.. See examples of DISTILLED used in a sentence.
Definition of distill verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
