Meaning of "distil" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DISTIL

From Latin dēstillāre to distil, from de- + stillāre to drip.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF DISTIL

distil  [dɪsˈtɪl]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISTIL

Distil is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb distil in English.

WHAT DOES DISTIL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Distillation

Distillation is a process of separating component substances from liquid mixtures through vaporisation and condensation, based on different volatility of components in the mixture. Distillation is a unit operation, or a physical separation process, and not a chemical reaction. Commercially, distillation has a number of applications. It is used to separate crude oil into more fractions for specific uses such as transport, power generation and heating. Air is distilled to separate its components—notably oxygen, nitrogen, and argon—for industrial use. Liquid chemicals for diverse uses are distilled after synthesis to remove impurities and unreacted starting materials. Distillation of fermented solutions can produce distilled beverages with a higher alcohol content. The premises where distillation is carried out, especially distillation of alcohol, are known as a distillery. A still is the equipment used for distillation.

Definition of distil in the English dictionary

The first definition of distil in the dictionary is sometimes foll by out or off to purify, separate, or concentrate, or be purified, separated, or concentrated by distillation. Other definition of distil is to obtain or be obtained by distillation. Distil is also to exude or give off in drops or small quantities.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DISTIL

PRESENT

Present

I distil

you distil

he/she/it distils

we distil

you distil

they distil

Present continuous

I am distilling

you are distilling

he/she/it is distilling

we are distilling

you are distilling

they are distilling

Present perfect

I have distilled

you have distilled

he/she/it has distilled

we have distilled

you have distilled

they have distilled

Present perfect continuous

I have been distilling

you have been distilling

he/she/it has been distilling

we have been distilling

you have been distilling

they have been distilling

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I distilled

you distilled

he/she/it distilled

we distilled

you distilled

they distilled

Past continuous

I was distilling

you were distilling

he/she/it was distilling

we were distilling

you were distilling

they were distilling

Past perfect

I had distilled

you had distilled

he/she/it had distilled

we had distilled

you had distilled

they had distilled

Past perfect continuous

I had been distilling

you had been distilling

he/she/it had been distilling

we had been distilling

you had been distilling

they had been distilling

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will distil

you will distil

he/she/it will distil

we will distil

you will distil

they will distil

Future continuous

I will be distilling

you will be distilling

he/she/it will be distilling

we will be distilling

you will be distilling

they will be distilling

Future perfect

I will have distilled

you will have distilled

he/she/it will have distilled

we will have distilled

you will have distilled

they will have distilled

Future perfect continuous

I will have been distilling

you will have been distilling

he/she/it will have been distilling

we will have been distilling

you will have been distilling

they will have been distilling

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would distil

you would distil

he/she/it would distil

we would distil

you would distil

they would distil

Conditional continuous

I would be distilling

you would be distilling

he/she/it would be distilling

we would be distilling

you would be distilling

they would be distilling

Conditional perfect

I would have distil

you would have distil

he/she/it would have distil

we would have distil

you would have distil

they would have distil

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been distilling

you would have been distilling

he/she/it would have been distilling

we would have been distilling

you would have been distilling

they would have been distilling

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you distil
we let´s distil
you distil

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to distil

Past participle

distilled

Present Participle

distilling

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «DISTIL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «distil» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of distil

brew · condense · draw out · evaporate · express · extract · ferment · filter · make · obtain · process · produce · purify · refine · squeeze · sublimate · take out · treat · vaporize

TRANSLATION OF DISTIL

Find out the translation of distil to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of distil from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «distil» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 蒸馏
• Translator English - Spanish: destilar
• English: distil
• Translator English - Hindi: चुलाना
• Translator English - Arabic: استخلاص
• Translator English - Russian: перегонять
• Translator English - Portuguese: destilar
• Translator English - Bengali: distichously
• Translator English - French: distiller
• Translator English - Malay: Distichously
• Translator English - German: destillieren
• Translator English - Japanese: 蒸留する
• Translator English - Korean: 증류하다
• Translator English - Javanese: Distichously
• Translator English - Vietnamese: nhỏ giọt
• Translator English - Tamil: distichously
• Translator English - Marathi: विपरितपणे
• Translator English - Turkish: distichously
• Translator English - Italian: distillare
• Translator English - Polish: destylować
• Translator English - Ukrainian: переганяти
• Translator English - Romanian: distila
• Translator English - Greek: απόσταξη
• Translator English - Afrikaans: distilleer
• Translator English - Swedish: destillera
• Translator English - Norwegian: destillere

2 QUOTES WITH «DISTIL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word distil.

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Eddie Redmayne

A lot of people think theatre must be much harder work than film, but anything histrionic or superfluous gets seen on camera so you have to work to distil it into a complete sense of what's true.

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Wayne Swan

If I could distil the relevance of Bruce Springsteen's music to Australia it would be this: don't let what has happened to the American economy happen here. Don't let Australia become a down-under version of New Jersey, where the people and the communities whose skills are no longer in demand get thrown on the scrap heap of life.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISTIL»

Discover the use of distil in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to distil and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Mother Jones Magazine

Amazing. new. design. breakthrough. protects. your. family. from. often. invisible. pollutants. in. your. water! Now, you can put a "bottomless well" of pure, healthy water right in your own kitchen with the unique Shetland Distil-ClearTMWater ...

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Routledge German Dictionary of Chemistry and Chemical ...

RiickfluB m1. back (return) flow, (esp distil) reflux; 2. s. Rucklauf 2. • unter ~ erhitzen (kochen) (distil) to reflux -/totaier (distil) total reflux RuckfluBabscheider m (distil) reflux separator RuckfluBbehalter m (distil) reflux tank RiickfluBkiihler m  ...

Technische Universitat Dreden, 2014

Generative and Component-Based Software Engineering: First ...

Generation scoping was implemented as part of IP (Intentional Programming) [13 ], a general-purpose transformation system under development by Microsoft Research. It was subsequently used to build the DiSTiL software generator [14] as a ...

Krzysztof Czarnecki, 2000

A supplement to the pharmacopœias

lbiiij ; distil 1 gallon. — Aq. raphani composita, P. L. 1745. Fol. coch. hort. lbiiij, rad. raph. rust., flav. cort. aurant. His- pal. ana lbij, nuc. mosch. Jix, proof spirit 2 gall, water q. s. ; distil 2 gall. — Sp. raphani compositus. Same as the last, but using ...

Samuel Frederick Gray, 1828

Langenscheidt Routledge German Dictionary of Chemistry and ...

Riicklaufmethode RiickfluB m 1 . back (retum) flow, (esp distil) reflux; 2. s. Rucklauf 2. • unter - erhitzen (kochen) (distil) to reflux -/totaler (distil) total reflux RuckfluBabscheider m (distil) reflux separator RuckfluBbehalter m (distil) reflux tank ...

Technische Universität Dresden, 1997

Conceptual Modeling - ER 2001: 20th International Conference ...

In this section, we illustrate how a typical data analyst interacts with DISTIL, using the example scenario described in section 2. We highlight how DISTIL applies the two-step annotation-based approach to capture the users' spatio-temporal ...

Hideko S. Kunii, Sushil Jajodia, Arne Soelvberg, 2001

The Medical Formulary: Comprising Standard and Approved ...

P. Calamus root Ibj, spirit of wine (at -863) lbviij ; macerate for 4 days, and distil nearly to dryness. SPIRITUS CARYOPHYLLI. P. From Cloves, as Sp. Calami. SPIRITUS CAMPHOR./E. Tinctura Camphoree. L. Camphor §v, rectified spirit Oij  ...

Henry Beasley, 1856

Mackenzie's five thousand receipts in all the useful and ...

Take of vitriol, calcined to whiteness, 1 lb. sugar of lead, 10 drachms. Rub together and distil. Another. — Take of verdigris, 2 lbs. Dry it in a water-bath, then distil in a sand-heat, and re-distil the produce liquor. Its specific gravity is about 1,050.

Colin MacKenzie, 1860

Purification of Laboratory Chemicals

2,2,3,3,3-Pentafluoropropan-1-ol [422-05-9] M 150.1, b 80o/~760mm, d420 1.507 , nD20 1.288, pK25 12.74. Shake the alcohol with alumina for 24 hours, dry with anhydrous K2CO3, and distil it, collect the middle fraction (b 80-81o) and redistil  ...

W.L.F. Armarego, Christina Chai, 2012

The frugal housewife, or, Experienced cook: wherein the art ...

TO DISTIL ROSE WATER. Gather your red roses when they are dry and full blown ; pick off the leaves, and' to every peck put one quart of water ; then put them into a cold still, and make a slow fire under it ; the slower you distil it the better it is ...

Susannah Carter, 1822

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISTIL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term distil is used in the context of the following news items.

What Budget 2015 means for you and your family

Tom Peterkinm Scott Macnab and Andrew Whitaker distil the detail of George Osborne's budget. Health. THE Chancellor said the NHS will ... «Scotsman, Jul 15»

Record Store Day Trilogy Kevin Mccaighy , July 8th, 2015 10:56

A low key invocation of the former blossoms into belligerent rock roar. Whispering, halting vocals dream and distil the music bays and protests ... «The Quietus, Jul 15»

IoT start-ups rise to the Canary Wharf Group challenge

"Teaming with the Cognicity Challenge means we can coach these entrepreneurs on the role of data, how they can protect it, and distil valuable ... «Computer Business Review, Jul 15»

Introducing Booknotes, our new column digesting the marketing …

Each week, LSU founder Matt Boffey will distil the key themes and arguments from a notable title. He said: "Lots of rules of thumb underpin our ... «The Drum, Jul 15»

Rise and shine this July at Eventbrite Summer School

Learn how to distil vodka and gin: Chase Distillery will be giving an introduction to distilling with the all-important do's and don'ts when creating ... «Foodepedia, Jul 15»

UN talks review post-2015 development agenda “zero draft”

... Permanent Representative of Ireland and Macharia Kamau, Permanent Representative of Kenya – said they would do their best to distil input from the meeting ... «ICTSD Bridges News, Jul 15»

First Hong Kong roundtable event agrees 'function should be a …

He added that the function needs to contribute to company strategy, distil its supply implications, then act to make sure the strategy happens. «Supply Management, Jul 15»

The shifting sands of federal-provincial relations

... and (b) the influences of Clark and Dodge will distil down through their respective governments to favourably impact the country nationally. «Cape Breton Post, Jul 15»

The ORIGINAL weather man: New book reveals how Royal Navy …

He had the scientist's ability to distil a complex, emotional moment into a clear objective account. Beaufort's first weather diaries emanate from ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»

bioethanol sector struggles to fuel growth

Both distil locally grown wheat to produce bioethanol, with protein-rich animal feed as a byproduct. Ensus can produce 400m litres of ethanol a ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»