distil
Verb
- undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
- "The acid distills at a specific temperature"
- extract by the process of distillation
- "distill the essence of this compound"
- undergo the process of distillation
- give off (a liquid)
- "The doctor distilled a few drops of disinfectant onto the wound"
- To exude (a liquid) in small drops; also, to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops.
- To impart (information, etc.) in small quantities; to infuse.
- To heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid, either to purify the original substance or to obtain one of its components; to subject to distillation.
- Followed by off or out: to expel (a volatile substance) from something by distillation.
- To extract the essence of (something) by, or as if by, distillation; to concentrate, to purify.
- To transform a thing (into something else) by distillation.
- To make (something, especially spirits such as gin and whisky) by distillation.
- To transform a complex large language model into a smaller one.
- To dissolve or melt (something).
- To fall or trickle down in small drops; to exude, to ooze out; also, to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops.
- To flow or pass gently or slowly; hence (figuratively) to be manifested gently or gradually.
- To drip or be wet with some liquid.
- To turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation.
- -TILLED, -TILLING, -TILS to distill
Examples
- "Firs distil resin."
Origin / Etymology
PIE word
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From Late Middle English distillen (“to fall, flow, or shed in drops, drop, trickle; to shed drops; to fill (the eyes) with tears; (alchemy, medicine) to subject (something) to distillation; to obtain (something) using distillation; to distil; to condense or vaporize; (figuratively) to give (good fortune) to; to say (slanderous words)”) [and other forms], from Old French distiller (modern French distiller (“to distil”)), and from its etymon Latin distīllāre, a variant of Latin dēstīllāre, the present active infinitive of dēstīllō (“to drip or trickle down; to distil”), from dē- (prefix meaning ‘down, down from, down to’) + stīllō (“to drip, drop, trickle; to distil”) (from stīlla (“drop of liquid; (figuratively) small quantity”), probably a diminutive of stīria (“ice drop; icicle”)).
Cognates
* French distiller (“to distil”)
* Italian distillare (“to distil”)
* Occitan distillar
* Portuguese destilar (“to distil; to drip”)
* Spanish destilar (“to distil; to exude; to filter”)
Scrabble Score: 7
distil: valid Scrabble (US) TWL worddistil: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
distil: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary