Definitions for distill

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distill dis·till

Spelling: [dih-stil]

IPA: /dɪˈstɪl/

Distill is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 87 anagrams from letters in distill (diillst).

Definitions for distill

verb (used with object)

1. to subject to a process of vaporization and subsequent condensation, as for purification or concentration.
2. to extract the volatile components of by distillation; transform by distillation.
3. to concentrate, purify, or obtain by or as by distillation:
4. to remove by distillation (usually followed by off or out):
5. to extract the essential elements of; refine; abstract:
6. to let fall in drops; give forth in or as in drops:

verb (used without object)

1. to undergo or perform distillation.
2. to become vaporized and then condensed in distillation.
3. to drop, pass, or condense as a distillate.
4. to fall in drops; trickle; exude.

Origin of distill

1325-75; Middle English distillen (Anglo-French distiller) Latin distillāre, variant of dēstillāre, equivalent to dē- de- + stillāre to drip

Examples for distill

Next, Murillo opens a bottle of their Special Edition, which they distill every six months on the solstice.

The product which then commences to distill is known as tailings.

A blade of grass is a mystery, if men would but distill it out.

“I want to see what happens when I distill wild mushrooms that I foraged in the park,” said Grasse.

The Internet was created, it often seems, to distill complex political issues into not-so-complex memes.

How shall I thank you for allowing me, Susie the little, to distill your writings?

There are a few women who distill loyalty out of declined passion; but not many.

"As long as we distill less than around two-hundred liters per month, the government doesn't seem to mind," he says.

The Empress added a special clause for land-owning farmers, who were allowed to distill up to three hundred liters.

Even youth, however, could distill but slender hope from this.