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distill
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb distill has 5 senses
- distill(v = verb.change) make pure, purify, sublimate - remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water" is one way to ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate
- distill(v = verb.change) distil - undergo the process of distillation; Array is one way to change
- distill(v = verb.change) distil, extract - extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence of this compound" is one way to create, make
- distill(v = verb.change) condense, distil - undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; "water condenses"; "The acid distills at a specific temperature" is one way to flux, liquefy, liquify
- distill(v = verb.body) distil - give off (a liquid); "The doctor distilled a few drops of disinfectant onto the wound" is one way to exudate, exude, ooze, ooze out, transude
Derived forms noun distillate1, noun distillation1, noun distillation2, noun distillment1
Sample sentences:
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Derived forms noun distillate1, noun distillation1, noun distillation2, noun distillery1, noun distillment1
Sample sentence:
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Derived forms noun distillate1, noun distillation1, noun distillation2, noun distillery1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived form noun distillate1
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THESAURUS
distill
aerate, aerify, atomize, boil, bolt, bootleg, brew, carbonate, chlorinate, clarify, clear, concentrate, condense, decoct, decrassify, depurate, dribble, drip, dripple, drop, edulcorate, elute, emit, essentialize, etherify, etherize, evaporate, exhale, express, extract, filter, filtrate, fluidize, fractionate, fume, fumigate, gasify, give off, gurgle, hydrogenate, infuse, leach, leak, leak out, lixiviate, melt down, moonlight, moonshine, narrow, oversimplify, oxygenate, percolate, perfume, press out, purify, rectify, reduce, reduce to elements, reek, refine, render, screen, seep, seethe, send out, separate, sieve, sift, simmer, simplify, smoke, soak, spiritualize, spray, spurtle, steam, steep, stew, strain, streamline, strip down, sublimate, sublime, sweat, trickle, trill, try, vaporize, volatilize, weep, winnow, wring, wring outROGET THESAURUS
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Egress
VB emerge, emanate, issue, egress, go out of, come out of, move out of, pass out of, pour out of, flow out of, pass out of, evacuate, exude, transude, leak, run through, out through, percolate, transcolate, egurgitate, strain, distill, perspire, sweat, drain, ooze, filter, filtrate, dribble, gush, spout, flow out, well, well out, pour, trickle, effuse, extravasate, disembogue, discharge itself, debouch, come forth, break forth, burst out, burst through, find vent, escape.Vaporization
VB render gaseous, vaporize, volatilize, distill, sublime, evaporate, exhale, smoke, transpire, emit vapor, fume, reek, steam, fumigate, cohobate, finestill, bubble, sparge, effervesce, boil.River
VB flow, run, meander, gush, pour, spout, roll, jet, well, issue, drop, drip, dribble, plash, spirtle, trill, trickle, distill, percolate, stream, overflow, inundate, deluge, flow over, splash, swash, guggle, murmur, babble, bubble, purl, gurgle, sputter, spurt, spray, regurgitate, ooze, flow out, rain hard, rain in torrents, rain cats and dogs, rain pitchforks, pour with rain, drizzle, spit, set in, mizzle, flow into, fall into, open into, drain into, discharge itself, disembogue, pour, pour out, shower down, irrigate, drench, spill, splash, stanch, dam, up, obstruct.
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