the process of making spirits or an essence by distilling

the distilling of grain whisky

the distilling industry

the fact or process of extracting the essential meaning or most important aspects of something

the album's poignant distilling of the fading of youth and optimism

purify (a liquid) by heating it so that it vaporizes, then cooling and condensing the vapour and collecting the resulting liquid

they managed to distil a small quantity of water

extract the essential meaning or most important aspects of

my travel notes were distilled into a book