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To remove contaminants or impurities from
“First, distill the contaminated chloroform through a layer of 10% aqueous sodium sulphite.”
To boil down or thicken (a liquid) during distillation
“We distill the raw material by fire heat alone or by superheated steam and fire heat, thereby obtaining an oilish distillate.”
To process ethanol by distillation
“It was safer to distill the corn than store it and risk it rotting, and more profitable to turn it into whiskey than transport it long distances to markets as raw grain or flour.”
To extract the essence of
“The villagers extract and distill the sap from cocoa and other palm trees.”
To emanate or trickle down in small drops
“His lips might be said less to utter words, than to distill drops of blood, gushing from his heart.”
To condense or summarize a presentation or writing to its main points
“Distill your speech or presentation down to three key points.”
To extract the essential meaning or most important aspects of
“These scholars also make good journalists, able to wade through and distill the raw data fast, so their articles will be well researched and authoritative.”
To expel, discharge or radiate from an opening or source
To analyze by taking apart
A distilled alcoholic liquor made from fermented grain
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