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Definition of 'boil'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) boil
to change from a liquid to a gaseous state, typically as a result of heat, producing bubbles of gas that rise to the surface of the liquid.

2.  boil
to reach the boiling point.

3.  boil
to be in an agitated or violent state:
The sea boiled in the storm.

4.  boil
to be deeply angry or upset.

5.  boil
to contain, or be contained in, a liquid that boils:
The kettle is boiling. Don't let the vegetables boil.

6. (v.t.) boil
to bring to the boiling point.

7.  boil
to cook (something) in boiling water:
to boil eggs.

8.  boil
to separate (salt, sugar, etc.) from a solution containing it by boiling off the liquid.

9.  boil
boil down,

10.  boil
to reduce or lessen by boiling.

11.  boil
to shorten; abridge.

12.  boil
boil over,

13.  boil
to overflow while or as if while boiling; erupt.

14.  boil
to be unable to repress anger, excitement, etc.

15. (n.) boil
the act or state of boiling:
Bring the water to a boil.

16.  boil
an area of agitated, swirling water.

17. (n.) boil
a painful circumscribed inflammation of the skin with a pus-filled inner core.

Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME bile, bule, OE b&ymacr;le; c. OS bula, OHG bulla; akin to ON beyla hump)

Definition of 'boil'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) boil, furuncle
a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus

2. (verb) boiling point, boil
the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level
"they brought the water to a boil"

3. (verb) boil
come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor
"Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius"

4. (verb) boil
immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes
"boil potatoes"; "boil wool"

5. (verb) boil
bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point
"boil this liquid until it evaporates"

6. (verb) churn, boil, moil, roil
be agitated
"the sea was churning in the storm"

7. (verb) seethe, boil
be in an agitated emotional state
"The customer was seething with anger"

Definition of 'boil'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) boil
to heat liquid until bubbles appear
Boil the water.

2. boil
(of liquid) to become hot enough to bubble
The water is boiling.

3. boil
to cook in boiling water
Boil the rice.

Definition of 'boil'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) boil
act or state of boiling

2. (noun) boil
a hard, painful, inflamed tumor, which, on suppuration, discharges pus, mixed with blood, and discloses a small fibrous mass of dead tissue, called the core

3.  boil
to be agitated, or tumultuously moved, as a liquid by the generation and rising of bubbles of steam (or vapor), or of currents produced by heating it to the boiling point; to be in a state of ebullition; as, the water boils

4.  boil
to be agitated like boiling water, by any other cause than heat; to bubble; to effervesce; as, the boiling waves

5.  boil
to pass from a liquid to an aeriform state or vapor when heated; as, the water boils away

6.  boil
to be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid; as, his blood boils with anger

7.  boil
to be in boiling water, as in cooking; as, the potatoes are boiling

8. (verb) boil
to heat to the boiling point, or so as to cause ebullition; as, to boil water

9. (verb) boil
to form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation; as, to boil sugar or salt

10. (verb) boil
to subject to the action of heat in a boiling liquid so as to produce some specific effect, as cooking, cleansing, etc.; as, to boil meat; to boil clothes

11. (verb) boil
to steep or soak in warm water

Translation of 'boil'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to turn rapidly from liquid to vapour when heated I'm boiling the water; The water's boiling.
Afrikaans: kook	Arabic: يَغْلي	Bulgarian: завирам
Brazilian: ferver	Czech: vařit (se)	German: kochen
Danish: koge	Greek: βράζω	Spanish: hervir
Estonian: keetma, keema	Farsi: جوشیدن	Finnish: kiehua
French: bouillir	Hebrew: לִרתוֹח	Hindi: उबलना
Croatian: ključati	Hungarian: forr(al)	Indonesian: mendidihkan
Icelandic: sjóða	Italian: bollire	Japanese: 沸かす
Korean: 끓다	Lithuanian: virti	Latvian: vārīt; vārīties
Malay: mendidih	Dutch: koken	Norwegian: koke (opp)
Polish: gotować się	Persian: جوشیدن	Pashto: خوټیدل، جوشیدل، ایشیدل
Portuguese: ferver	Romanian: a fierbe	Russian: кипятить; кипеть
Slovak: variť (sa), vrieť	Slovenian: vreti	Serbian: ključati
Swedish: koka [upp]	Thai: ทำให้เดือด	Turkish: kayna(t)mak
Taiwanese: 煮沸	Ukrainian: кип'ятити(ся); кипіти	Urdu: ابلنا ، کھولنا
Vietnamese: sôi	Chinese: 煮沸
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