distill
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
purify the water
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- purification derivation
- purifier derivation
- distillation derivation
- refining derivation
- purity derivation
- distillate derivation
- sublimate derivation
- chemistry domain topic
- distill verb group
Sense 2 verb
undergo the process of distillation
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- distillery derivation
- distillation derivation
- distillate derivation
- chemistry domain topic
- distil verb group
- distill verb group
Sense 3 verb
extract by the process of distillation
distill the essence of this compound
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- distillery derivation
- distillation derivation
- extraction derivation
- distillate derivation
- extractable derivation
- chemistry domain topic
- distill verb group
Sense 4 verb
undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
water condenses
Types & categories
- flux hypernym
Related & opposite
- condensate derivation
- condensation derivation
- distillate derivation
- condense verb group
- condense verb group
Sense 5 verb
give off (a liquid)
The doctor distilled a few drops of disinfectant onto the wound
Types & categories
- exudate hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | purification |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | purifier |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | distillation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | refining |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | purity |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | distillate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sublimate |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | chemistry |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | distill |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | improve |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rectify |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | purge |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | distillery |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | distillation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | distillate |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | chemistry |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | distil |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | distill |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | distillery |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | distillation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | extraction |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | distillate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | extractable |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | chemistry |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | distill |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | create |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | moonshine |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | condensate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | condensation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | distillate |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | condense |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | condense |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | flux |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | exudate |