tihkuttaa — meaning in English

English meaning

• distil verb To exude (a liquid) in small drops; also, to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops.
• drizzle noun Very light rain made up of fine, closely spaced droplets.
• exude verb To slowly ooze or seep out, especially of liquid or moisture.
• mizzle verb To rain in very fine drops.

Senses

tihkuttaa is used for these senses in English:

• distil To exude (a liquid) in small drops; also, to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops.
• distil To fall or trickle down in small drops; to exude, to ooze out; also, to come out as a vapour which condenses in small drops.
• drizzle (impersonal) To rain lightly.
• exude (transitive) To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.
• mizzle (intransitive, Britain, Canada, US, chiefly, dialectal) To rain in very fine drops.

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.

drizzle — full definition

1. noun Very light rain made up of fine, closely spaced droplets.
2. verb To rain lightly, or to pour a liquid slowly and thinly over food.

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