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Verb distill has 5 senses
- purify, sublimate, make pure, distill - remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water"
--1 is one way to better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
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- distill, distil - undergo the process of distillation
--2 is one way to change
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- distill, extract, distil - extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence of this compound"
--3 is one way to make, create
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- condense, distill, distil - undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; "water condenses"; "The acid distills at a specific temperature"
--4 is one way to liquefy, flux, liquify
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- distill, distil - give off (a liquid); "The doctor distilled a few drops of disinfectant onto the wound"
--5 is one way to exude, exudate, transude, ooze out, ooze
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