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distil

/dɪˈstɪl/verb

उच्चारण डिस्टिल

आसवन करना, भभके से शुद्ध करना

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verbdistilled, distilling
  1. 1

    [T] ~ sth

    to make a liquid pure by heating it until it becomes a gas, then cooling it and collecting the drops of liquid that form

    आसवन करना, भभके से शुद्ध करना

    • Seawater can be distilled to make drinking water.
    • distilled water

    Synonyms purify refine filter

  2. 2

    [T] ~ sth (from sth)

    to make a strong alcoholic drink or an essence in this way

    (शराब या इत्र) खींचना, आसवन से बनाना

    • Rose oil is distilled from fresh petals in Kannauj.

    Synonyms extract draw out

  3. 3

    [T] ~ sth (from/into sth)

    to get the most important ideas from a large amount of information and present them in a short form

    सार निकालना, निचोड़ प्रस्तुत करना

    • Radhika distilled her ten years of teaching into a short handbook.
    • The report distils the views of thousands of farmers.

    Synonyms condense summarize boil down extract

◇Word family
distillation noundistillery noun
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

purify refine filter extract draw out condense summarize boil down

§Grammar and usage

British and American: British English writes distil with one l (distils), but doubles it in distilled and distilling, while American English writes distill.

British and American में British English में distil एक l से लिखा जाता है (distils), पर distilled और distilling में l दोगुना होता है, जबकि American English में distill लिखा जाता है।