distill
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USAGE NOTE
This word may also be spelled "distil."
distill(
dih
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stihl
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. destilar
He was discovered to have been illegally distilling gin.Se descubrió que había estado destilando ginebra ilegalmente.
2. (figurative) (to extract the essence of)
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g., carrot, bean).
a. extraer
Looking to the future, we want to distill the most positive aspects from our experience, while ditching the ideas that didn't work.Con vistas al futuro, queremos extraer los aspectos más positivos de la experiencia, al tiempo de desechar las ideas que no funcionaron.
a. condensar (figurative)
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g., carrot, bean).
As an editor, I had to distill hundreds of pages of text into a workable script.Como redactora, tuve que condensar cientos de páginas de texto en un guión viable.
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