| VERB | change | distill, purify, sublimate, make pure | remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation |
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| change | distill, distil | undergo the process of distillation | |
| change | distill, extract, distil | extract by the process of distillation | |
| change | distill, condense, distil | undergo condensation | |
| body | distill, distil | give off (a liquid / liquid) |
| Sounds | dihstih'l | |
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| Rhymes | Advil ... zill: 103 rhymes with ihl... | |
| Meaning | Remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | purify, sublimate, make pure | |
| Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
| Narrower | purge | Rid of impurities |
| refine, rectify | Reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state | |
| Broader | better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate | To make better |
| Similar to | distill, distil | Undergo the process of distillation |
| Spanish | destilar, purificar, sublimar | |
| Catalan | destil·lar, purificar | |
| Nouns | distillate, distillation | a purified liquid / liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling / distilling / distilling |
| distillation, distillment | the process of purifying a liquid / liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors | |
| Meaning | Undergo the process of distillation. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonym | distil | |
| Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Similar to | distill, extract, distil | extract by the process of distillation |
| purify, sublimate, make pure, distill | Remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation | |
| Spanish | destilar, purificar | |
| Catalan | destil·lar | |
| Nouns | distillate, distillation | a purified liquid / liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling / distilling / distilling |
| distillation, distillment | the process of purifying a liquid / liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors | |
| distillery | a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation | |
| Meaning | extract by the process of distillation. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "distill the essence of this compound" | |
| Synonyms | extract, distil | |
| Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
| Narrower | moonshine | distill (alcohol) illegally |
| Broader | make, create | make or cause to be or to become |
| Similar to | distill, distil | Undergo the process of distillation |
| Spanish | destilar | |
| Catalan | destil·lar, extreure | |
| Nouns | distillate, distillation | a purified liquid / liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling / distilling / distilling |
| distillation | the process of purifying a liquid / liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors | |
| distillery | a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation | |
| Meaning | Undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "The acid distills at a specific temperature" | |
| Synonyms | condense, distil | |
| Caused by | pasteurize, pasteurise | heat food in order to kill harmful microorganisms |
| Entailed by | precipitate, come down, fall | fall from clouds |
| Broader | liquefy, flux, liquify | Become liquid or fluid when heated |
| Similar to | condense | Remove water from |
| condense | Develop due to condensation | |
| Spanish | condensarse, condensar | |
| Catalan | condensar-se, condensar | |
| Nouns | distillate | a purified liquid / liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling / distilling / distilling |
| Meaning | give off (a liquid / liquid). | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The doctor distilled a few drops of disinfectant onto the wound" | |
| Synonym | distil | |
| Broader | exude, exudate, transude, ooze out, ooze | Release (a liquid / liquid) in drops or small quantities |
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