DISTILLING Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

distilling

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present participle of distill

as in dripping

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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as in filtering

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

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Recent Examples of distilling Now, gin is synonymous with the UK, but today gin makers the world over are distilling the spirit. —

Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 May 2026 Imagine a place where every home has paraphernalia for distilling spirits, where there is a toast for nearly any occasion, and where your taxes – paid in grain, not cash – are deposited straight into a communal still. —

Geoff Childs, The Conversation, 1 May 2026 Increasingly, women are launching their own brands and finding new ways to innovate in distilling and blending at a time when more women are drinking whiskey. —

ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026 It’s been hard following the minute-by-minute, day-by-day developments in energy markets triggered by the Iran war—let alone distilling the signal from all the noise. —

Justin Worland, Time, 17 Apr. 2026 Even with the federal ban struck down, distilling liquor at home is not automatically legal because other federal rules still apply. —

Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2026 Additionally, Anthropic and OpenAI have both publicly accused Chinese labs of distilling their models. —

Mark Minevich, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2026 Commissioners praised Encinitas Brewing Company’s proposal to open a restaurant with beer-brewing and craft-distilling production capabilities in the Plaza Encinitas Ranch shopping center. —

Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026 Chris Pratt stars as an ordinary LEGO guy who finds himself on an extraordinary journey in a film that’s really about the power of the imagination, distilling the creative joy of playing with LEGOs into a captivating story. —

Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2026

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Fellow livestream host La La Anthony, a bronze goddess in a Wiederhoeft gown dripping with jewels, channeled her inner Jessica Rabbit with red hair.

— Swasti Singhai, USA Today, 20 May 2026
The pop superstar, 36, stepped out for a wedding dripping in recognizable jewels once owned by one of her latest album's muses, Elizabeth Taylor, while heading to Honey's cocktail bar with her fiancé, Travis Kelce, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Saturday, May 16.

— Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026