distill

Verb

Verb Forms: distilled, distilling, distills

• To extract the essential meaning or to purify a liquid.
• remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
• undergo the process of distillation
• extract by the process of distillation
  • "distill the essence of this compound"
• undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
  • "The acid distills at a specific temperature"
• give off (a liquid)
  • "The doctor distilled a few drops of disinfectant onto the wound"
• US standard spelling of distil.

Examples

• Good players can DISTILL the perfect word from a chaotic jumble of letters on their rack.

Synonyms

condense, distil, extract, make pure, purify, sublimate