distill
distill is a 7-letter English word with 12 senses as noun & verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To drop; to fall in drops; to trickle. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun & verb. To drop; to fall in drops; to trickle.
- noun & verb. To flow gently, or in a small stream.
- noun & verb. To practice the art of distillation.
- transitive verb. To let fall or send down in drops.
- transitive verb. To obtain by distillation; to extract by distillation, as spirits, essential oil, etc.; to rectify; as, to distill brandy from wine; to distill alcoholic spirits from grain; to distill essential oils from flowers, etc.; to distill fresh water from sea water.
- transitive verb. To subject to distillation; as, to distill molasses in making rum; to distill barley, rye, corn, etc.
- transitive verb. To dissolve or melt.
- verb. give off (a liquid)
"The doctor distilled a few drops of disinfectant onto the wound"
- verb. undergo the process of distillation
- verb. extract by the process of distillation
"distill the essence of this compound"
- verb. undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
"water condenses"
"The acid distills at a specific temperature"
- verb. remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
"purify the water"
Synonyms
distil, extract, condense, purify, sublimate
Common word forms
distills, distilled, distiller, distilling, distillable, distillment
Words from these letters
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