verb-intransitive. To drop; to fall in drops; to trickle.verb-intransitive. To flow gently, or in a small stream.verb-intransitive. To practice the art of distillation.v. To let fall or send down in drops.v. To obtain by distillation; to subject to a process of evaporation and subsequent condensation; to extract by distillation, as spirits, essential oil, etc.; to rectifyv. To subject to distillationv. To dissolve or melt.v. to extract out and present the essence of; to shorten and refine; to present the essential elements of; -- of ideas or texts.