Definitions for distills

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distills dis·till

Spelling: [dih-stil]

IPA: /dɪˈstɪl/

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

You can make 105 anagrams from letters in distills (diillsst).

Definitions for distills

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 distills

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

Examples for distills

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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