distil vs swamp

distil

verb
  • To drip or be wet with some liquid. 

  • To impart (information, etc.) in small quantities; to infuse. 

  • To make (something, especially spirits such as gin and whisky) by distillation. 

  • To flow or pass gently or slowly; hence (figuratively) to be manifested gently or gradually. 

  • To exude (a liquid) in small drops; also, to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops. 

  • 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. 

  • Followed by off or out: to expel (a volatile substance) from something by distillation. 

  • To transform a thing (into something else) by distillation. 

  • 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. 

  • To turn into a vapour and then condense back into a liquid; to undergo or be produced by distillation. 

  • To extract the essence of (something) by, or as if by, distillation; to concentrate, to purify. 

swamp

verb
  • To drench or fill with water. 

  • To overwhelm; to make too busy, or overrun the capacity of. 

  • To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck. 

noun
  • A piece of wet, spongy land; low ground saturated with water; soft, wet ground which may have a growth of certain kinds of trees, but is unfit for agricultural or pastoral purposes. 

  • A place or situation that is foul or where progress is difficult. 

  • A type of wetland that stretches for vast distances, and is home to many creatures which have adapted specifically to that environment. 

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