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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024dis•till /dɪˈstɪl/USA pronunciation v. - Chemistryto heat (a liquid) hot enough to evaporate, then allowing it to cool: [~ + object]They distilled the salt water and made it into drinking water.[no object]The liquid distills when heated.
- to get essential elements of an experience;
extract:[~ + object]She has distilled a number of wonderful stories from her experiences as a crime lab technician. - [no object] to fall in drops;
trickle.
dis•till•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dis•till (di stil′),USA pronunciation v.t. - Chemistryto subject to a process of vaporization and subsequent condensation, as for purification or concentration.
- Chemistryto extract the volatile components of by distillation;
transform by distillation. - Chemistryto concentrate, purify, or obtain by or as by distillation:to distill whiskey from mash.
- Chemistryto remove by distillation (usually fol. by off or out):to distill out impurities.
- to extract the essential elements of;
refine;
abstract:She managed to distill her ideas into one succinct article. - to let fall in drops;
give forth in or as in drops:The cool of the night distills the dew.
v.i. - Chemistryto undergo or perform distillation.
- Chemistryto become vaporized and then condensed in distillation.
- Chemistryto drop, pass, or condense as a distillate.
- to fall in drops;
trickle;
exude.
- Latin distillāre, variant of dēstillāre, equivalent. to dē- de- + stillāre to drip
- Anglo-French distiller)
- Middle English distillen (1325–75
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dis•til (di stil′),USA pronunciation v.t., v.i. -tilled, -til•ling. [Chiefly Brit.]- distill.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: distil, US distill /dɪsˈtɪl/ vb ( -tils, -tills, -tilling, -tilled)- to subject to or undergo distillation
- sometimes followed by out or off: to purify, separate, or concentrate, or be purified, separated, or concentrated by distillation
- to obtain or be obtained by distillation
- to exude or give off (a substance) in drops or small quantities
- (transitive) to extract the essence of as if by distillation
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin dēstillāre to distil, from de- + stillāre to drip |