distills

verb

variants also distils
Definition of distillsnext
present tense third-person singular of distill
1
as in drips
to fall or let fall in or as if in drops the basement walls distill water every time it rains heavily

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2
as in filters
to remove usually visible impurities from distill the water before pouring it in the steam iron

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Recent Examples of distills This report distils the implications of the Hormuz closure and the wider Iran–US war for engineering leadership. — Interesting Engineering, 30 Apr. 2026 The mountain is incredibly hypnotic when catching the pearly hues of the first and last light of day and distils the unearthly beauty of the Himalayas into one gorgeous frame. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for distills
  1. drips
  2. filters
  3. flows
  4. refines
  5. pours
  6. clarifies
  7. extracts
  8. cleans
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  • Omnivores should punch up the platter with the special beef kitfo, raw steak that drips with herbed, purified butter and gets its fiery kick from mitmita, a spice blend with chile peppers.
    — Warren Rojas, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Massage tools now sit alongside health trackers and IV drips as one of the discretionary categories where younger consumers are outspending everyone else.
    — Rhett Power, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of drips
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  • The bargain rewards responsible development and filters out speculation, secrecy and cost shifting.
    — Mark Drapeau, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Proton Mail filters out ads and tracking images, so those won’t affect you.
    — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of filters
Verb
  • They were never designed to change how work flows through a function.
    — Emily Lewis-Pinnell, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • But the Colorado River water that flows there from the canal will not be cut like many nearby cities.
    — Alex Hager, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of flows
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  • The Lego Group, to its credit, refines them with decades of experience, then releases them under its Lego Ideas collection.
    — Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The system progressively refines these disparity estimates from lower-resolution images to the original resolution, narrowing the search area at each stage.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of refines
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  • Mykonos Vioma pours organic estate wines at its farm near Ano Mera, while Mikònu moved its taproom in 2026 to Mathios Taverna in Tourlos, where prickly-pear ale comes with dinner and a sea view.
    — Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Up the hillside there ever pours in reinforcements, clutching cans of beer and occasionally flags…There is something about it all of a children’s crusade, the young people look so innocent and take their pleasure so gravely.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of pours
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  • As Rankine clarifies in Triage, the pain of this moment is not exclusive to Black Americans.
    — Charles Finch, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The first clarifies that its PLX product does not provide law enforcement agencies with geolocation data, and the second says that the company has reached out to the complaint's authors to ask that the complaint against Penlink be withdrawn.
    — Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of clarifies
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  • Smart Document Capture extracts financial information from invoices, receipts and other documents directly into Xero.
    — Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Under a contract with Konza Health, the new system automatically extracts emergency room records covering more than 10,000 diagnostic conditions.
    — Mike Stunson, USA Today, 28 July 2026
Definition of extracts
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  • The winery also has solar panels that generate about 100,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity a year, more than enough to cover its energy needs, along with heat pumps and a system that cleans and reuses wastewater.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2026
  • For floors, a combination vacuum/floor steamer saves time and cleans well.
    — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
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“Distills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distills. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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