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Meanings of distill in English

Portuguese
apurar
Catalan
destil·lar

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

        apurar
        Portuguese
        condensar
        Catalan
        condensar-se

        Extract by the process of distillation.

              condensar
              Usage of distill in English
              1
              Maybe he could come up with a quote to distill the moment.
              NY Magazine
              2
              He still needs to distill the nine thousand pounds of hydrogen peroxide.
              Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories
              3
              They'll need to distill their usefulness to a greater percentage of purity.
              Wired
              4
              It's designed by Racheal Reeves to distill complicated information useful for voters.
              Radio NZ
              5
              All three levels have been ordered to distill all their drinking water.
              Level 7
              6
              The apothecary charged a chouser's prices for draughts any goodwife could distill.
              Caleb's crossing
              7
              He tried to distill concrete meaning from the hodgepodge of frantic impressions.
              Dark Universe
              8
              How do I distill my dad and how is his personality expressed?
              Wired
              9
              I needed to distill it down to something simple for myself.
              Reuters
              10
              It is not enough to boil it: they must distill it.
              Level 7
              11
              The following three bouldering-specific drills distill bouldering's most beneficial aspects into focused workouts.
              Climbing Magazine
              12
              It took but an hour to distill the goblings into their raw magic.
              A nameless witch
              13
              The product which then commences to distill is known as tailings.
              Scientific American Supplement, No. 611, September 17, 1887
              14
              That I could double-distill, perform titration, calcify, sublimate, and precipitate solution.
              The Name of the Wind
              15
              We can fish and eat seaweed and distill our own water.
              The Cruise of the Dry Dock
              16
              She tried to distill the story down into one manageable chunk.
              Changeless
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              Translations for distill
              Distill through the time
              Distill across language varieties
              United States of America
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