tihkuttaa — meaning in English

English meaning

• distil verb To ooze out in small drops, or to give off a vapour that forms droplets.
• 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 lightly, in very small 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 ooze out in small drops, or to give off a vapour that forms droplets.
2. verb To pass on information gradually, a little at a time.
3. verb To purify or separate a liquid by heating it into vapour and then cooling the vapour back into liquid form.
4. verb To remove a substance from something by this heating-and-cooling process, usually used with 'off' or 'out'.

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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