distill
pronunciation
How to pronounce distill in British English:
UK [dɪˈstɪl]
How to pronounce distill in American English:
US [dɪˈstɪl]
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- Verb:
- remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
- undergo the process of distillation
- extract by the process of distillation
- undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
- give off (a liquid)
Word Origin
- distill (v.)
- also distil, late 14c., from Old French distiller (14c.), from Latin distillare "trickle down in minute drops," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + stillare "to drip, drop," from stilla "drop." Related: Distilled; distilling.
Example
- 1. Be a romantic scientist : distill your own perfume oil .
- 2. I need more time to distill their findings .
- 3. Weiss had to distill , heat and pass the air samples over adsorbents to remove gases such as carbon dioxide and krypton that could foul the extremely sensitive detector .
- 4. You had to somehow distill those feelings .
- 5. Place of velar distill process is film of hydrophoby small hole with film .