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DISTIL
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Irregular inflected forms: distilled , distilling
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they distil ... he / she / it distils
Past simple: distilled
Past participle: distilled
-ing form: distilling
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 "distil" 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 "distil" 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
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 "distil" 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 "distil"):
moonshine (distill (alcohol) illegally; produce moonshine)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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 "distil" 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
