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DISTILL

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Irregular inflected forms: distilled    , distilling   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give off (a liquid)

Example:

The doctor distilled a few drops of disinfectant onto the wound

Synonyms:

distil; distill

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "distill" is one way to...):

exudate; exude; ooze; ooze out; transude (release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Undergo the process of distillation

Synonyms:

distil; distill

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "distill" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Verb group:

distil; distill; extract (extract by the process of distillation)

distill; make pure; purify; sublimate (remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

distillate (a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling)

distillation (the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors)

distillation (a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling)

distillery (a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation)

distillment (the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Extract by the process of distillation

Example:

distill the essence of this compound

Synonyms:

distil; distill; extract

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "distill" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Verb group:

distil; distill (undergo the process of distillation)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "distill"):

moonshine (distill (alcohol) illegally; produce moonshine)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

distillate (a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling)

distillation (the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors)

distillation (a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling)

distillery (a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops

Example:

The acid distills at a specific temperature

Synonyms:

condense; distil; distill

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "distill" is one way to...):

flux; liquefy; liquify (become liquid or fluid when heated)

Verb group:

condense (develop due to condensation)

condense (remove water from)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

distillate (a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation

Example:

purify the water

Synonyms:

distill; make pure; purify; sublimate

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "distill" is one way to...):

ameliorate; amend; better; improve; meliorate (to make better)

Verb group:

distil; distill (undergo the process of distillation)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "distill"):

rectify; refine (reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities)

purge (rid of impurities)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

distillate (a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling)

distillation (the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors)

distillation (a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling)

distillment (the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors)

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