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English meaning

  • distil verb To exude (a liquid) in small drops; also, to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops.
  • ferment verb To undergo a chemical change caused by yeast or bacteria, often turning sugars into alcohol or acid.
  • stoke verb To add fuel to a fire to keep it burning, or to feed a furnace.

Senses

stoken is used for these senses in English:

  • ferment To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.
  • ferment To stir up, agitate, cause unrest or excitement in.
  • stir the pot (figurative) To cause unrest or dissent.
  • stoke (transitive, obsolete) To poke, pierce, thrust.

distil — full definition

  1. verb To exude (a liquid) in small drops; also, to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops.
  2. verb To impart (information, etc.) in small quantities; to infuse.
  3. verb To heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid, either to purify the original substance or to obtain one of its components; to subject to distillation.
  4. verb Followed by off or out: to expel (a volatile substance) from something by distillation.

ferment — full definition

  1. verb To undergo a chemical change caused by yeast or bacteria, often turning sugars into alcohol or acid.
  2. verb To stir up unrest, excitement, or trouble.
  3. noun A state of excitement, agitation, or unrest.

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