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- pronunciation:
- dih
stIl
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
distills, distilling, distilled |
| definition 1: |
to subject (a substance) to heat to the point of vaporization, and then to cooling to produce condensation.
When you distill water, minerals are removed. |
| definition 2: |
to obtain, extract, refine, or concentrate by this process.
The mixture was heated further to distill out the methanol.- similar words:
- concentrate, extract
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| definition 3: |
to extract (the essence of something).
It took time to distill the important facts from all the information she had collected.- similar words:
- concentrate, extract
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| related words: |
boil, bottle, extract, isolate, process, purify, refine |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to carry out or be subjected to the process of vaporization followed by condensation.
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| definition 2: |
to be produced by this process.
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| related words: |
boil |
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| derivation: |
distillable (adj.) |
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