Also spelled distil
verb
Freq #59584
Meanings
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1
verb
To purify or separate a liquid by heating it into vapor and cooling it back into liquid.
We distilled the vodka four times to make it smoother.
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verb
To extract the essential meaning or core of something.
She distilled the long report into a single clear page.
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