You can distil water and whiskey.
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Distil
//dɪˈstɪl//
Synonyms for "distil" (8 found)
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92 translations across 31 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- çəkmək verb (to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation)
Bulgarian
4 entries- дестилирам verb (to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation)
- дестилирам verb (to expel (a volatile substance) from something by distillation)
- дестилирам verb (to extract the essence of (something) by, or as if by, distillation — see also concentrate, purify)
- дестилирам verb (to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation)
Catalan
4 entries- destil·lar verb (to exude (a liquid) in small drops; to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops)
- destil·lar verb (to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation)
- destil·lar verb (to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation)
- destil·lar verb (to fall or trickle down in small drops; to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops — see also exude, ooze)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 蒸餾 /蒸馏 verb (to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation)
Danish
3 entries- destillere verb (to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation)
- destillere verb (to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation)
- destilleres verb (to turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation)
Dutch
4 entries- afdruppelen verb (to fall or trickle down in small drops; to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops — see also exude, ooze)
- distilleren verb (to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation)
- neerdruppelen verb (to fall or trickle down in small drops; to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops — see also exude, ooze)
- sijpelen verb (to fall or trickle down in small drops; to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops — see also exude, ooze)
Esperanto
1 entries- distili verb (to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation)
Finnish
4 entries- tihkua verb (to fall or trickle down in small drops; to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops — see also exude, ooze)
- tihkuttaa verb (to exude (a liquid) in small drops; to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops)
- tislata verb (to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation)
- tislata verb (to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation)
French
1 entries- distiller verb (to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation)
German
2 entries- destillieren verb (to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation)
- destillieren verb (to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation)
Greek
1 entries- αποστάζω verb (to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation)
Hungarian
2 entries- desztillál verb (to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation)
- lepárol verb (to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation)
Irish
2 entries- driog verb (to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation)
- driog verb (to turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation)
Japanese
1 entries- 蒸留する verb (to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation)
Korean
1 entries- 증류하다 verb (to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation)
Latin
1 entries- destillō verb (to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation)
Malay
1 entries- suling verb (to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation)
Manx
1 entries- sheel verb (to turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation)
Māori
4 entries- iheu verb (to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation)
- iheu verb (to turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation)
- māturuturu verb (to fall or trickle down in small drops; to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops — see also exude, ooze)
- whakamāturuturu verb (to exude (a liquid) in small drops; to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops)
Norman
2 entries- distîler verb (to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation)
- distîler verb (to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- destillere verb (to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation)
- destillere verb (to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation)
- destilleres verb (to turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- destilleras verb (to turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation)
- destillere verb (to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation)
- destillere verb (to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation)
Portuguese
3 entries- destilar verb (to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation)
- destilar verb (to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation)
- destilar verb (to turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation)
Romanian
1 entries- distila verb (to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation)
Russian
4 entries- гнать verb (to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation)
- дистилли́ровать verb (to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation)
- дистилли́ровать verb (to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation)
- перегна́ть verb (to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- tarraing verb (to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation)
- tarraing verb (to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation)
Spanish
4 entries- alambicar verb (to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation)
- alambicar verb (to turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation)
- alquitarar verb (to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation)
- alquitarar verb (to turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation)
Swedish
3 entries- destillera verb (to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation)
- destillera verb (to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation)
- destilleras verb (to turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation)
Tày
3 entries- bác verb (to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation)
- bắt verb (to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation)
- sliêu verb (to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chưng cất verb (to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation)
Volapük
2 entries- steilön verb (to heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid; to subject to distillation)
- steilön verb (to make (something, especially spirits) by distillation)
Sample sentences
42 total sentences available.
As soon as the liquor is in the hogshead, the yeast, or fermenting principle, is put into it, stirred for some moments, and then left to itself. A liquor as rich as the above described ferments with force, and runs with rapidity through all the periods of fermentation. It is fit to distil as soon as that tumultuous state has subsided and the liquor is calm.
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Firs distil resin.
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[I]t [Silene] eaſeth the head-ach, if togither with oile of roſes it be diſtilled upon the head by way of embrochation.
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