(~s, ~ling, ~led)
Note: in AM, use '~l'
1.
If a liquid such as whisky or water is ~led, it is heated until it changes into steam or vapour and then cooled until it becomes liquid again. This is usually done in order to make it pure.
The whisky had been ~led in 1926 and sat quietly maturing until 1987...
You can’t actually drink the water from the marshland. But you can ~ it...
VERB: be V-ed, V n
~lation
Any faults in the original cider stood out sharply after ~lation.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If an oil or liquid is ~led from a plant, it is produced by a process which extracts the most essential part of the plant. To ~ a plant means to produce an oil or liquid from it by this process.
The oil is ~led from the berries of this small tree.
...the art of ~ling rose petals...
VERB: be V-ed from n, V n
~lation
...the ~lation of rose petals to produce rosewater.
N-UNCOUNT: usu N of n
3.
If a thought or idea is ~led from previous thoughts, ideas, or experiences, it comes from them. If it is ~led into something, it becomes part of that thing.
Reviews are ~led from articles previously published in the main column...
Roy ~ls these messages into something powerful...
VERB: be V-ed from n, V n into n
~lation
The material below is a ~lation of his work.
N-SING: usu N of n