decant

IPA: dʌkˈænt

verb

  • (transitive) To pour off (a liquid) gently, so as not to disturb the sediment.
  • (transitive) To pour from one vessel into another.
  • (archaic, intransitive) To flow.
  • (science fiction) To remove (a clone or other artificially-gestated baby) from its chamber, vat, or artificial womb.
  • To rehouse people while their buildings are being refurbished or rebuilt.
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Examples of "decant" in Sentences

  • If you want to drink it now, decant it for at least an hour.
  • So even when I read an old series that is done, I leave some time between the books to "decant" so to speak.
  • This sounds wonderfully cool, however the grammar nazi in me must point out that the OP should have used "decant" and "liquor".
  • Every time that they cried "to arms" I used to send fifty-four knights, who were called "decant" because they each headed ten men whenever we rode out under arms.
  • The council's plans to potentially use the existing Tynecastle High premises as a "decant" facility for pupils at James Gillespie's during the rebuilding of the existing school were revealed by education leader Marilyne MacLaren.
  • He also said that it was tough to taste Bordeaux that was so clearly meant for the long haul at this point in its evolution and praised the organizer, Howard Kaplan of EWS, for “taking time away from his family this morning” to double decant the wines (from bottle to a decanter, then back into the rinsed bottle).

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