EGAVE

distil

About 0.17 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To exude (a liquid) in small drops; also, to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops.
    Firs distil resin.
  2. verb To exude (a liquid) in small drops; also, to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops.
    Firs distil resin.
  3. verb To impart (information, etc.) in small quantities; to infuse.
  4. verb 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.
  5. verb Followed by off or out: to expel (a volatile substance) from something by distillation.
  6. verb 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 train a neural network on the outputs or behaviour of a more complex model in order to transfer selected knowledge and capabilities and create a smaller, more focused, or more efficient model.
  7. verb To extract the essence of (something) by, or as if by, distillation; to concentrate, to purify.
  8. verb To transform a thing (into something else) by distillation.

Similar words

distill extract condense disseminate draw pull balm synthesize remove synthesis

Often followed by

the from it off a over as in and

Word family

distill distilled distilling distils

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