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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 means to make a liquid stronger or purer by heating it until it changes to a gas and then cooling it. It also means to get or show only the most important part of something. See how to use distil in sentences and different languages.
- English (US)
DISTIL meaning: 1. to make a liquid stronger or purer by...
- Distillation
DISTILLATION definition: 1. the process of making a liquid...
- Vietnamese Translation
DISTIL translate: chảy nhỏ giọt, chưng cất. Learn more in...
- Simplified
DISTIL translate: 液体, 蒸馏, 信息, 提炼，浓缩. Learn more in the...
- Ouzo
OUZO definition: 1. a Greek alcoholic drink with an aniseed...
- Toddy
TODDY definition: 1. a drink made of spirits (= strong...
- Pronunciation in English
DISTIL pronunciation. How to say distil. Listen to the audio...
- Cambridge English Dictionary에서의 의미
DISTIL 의미, 정의, DISTIL의 정의: 1. to make a liquid stronger or...
- English (US)
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.
Distill is a verb that means to let fall, exude, or precipitate in drops or in a wet mist, or to purify or transform a liquid by evaporation and condensation. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries of distill.
Distil means to heat a liquid until it changes into steam or vapour and then cool it to make it pure, or to extract the essence of something. Learn more about the word forms, pronunciation, collocations, and usage of distil with Collins English Dictionary.
verb. to subject to or undergo distillation See also rectify. sometimes foll byout or off to purify, separate, or concentrate, or be purified, separated, or concentrated by distillation. to obtain or be obtained by distillation. to distil whisky. to exude or give off (a substance) in drops or small quantities.
distil something (from/into something) (formal) to get the essential meaning or ideas from thoughts, information, experiences, etc. The notes I made on my travels were distilled into a book.
