Definitions for boiling
ˈbɔɪ lɪŋboil·ing

Princeton's WordNet(3.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. boilingnoun

   the application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas

2. boiling, stewing, simmeringadverb

   cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil

3. boilingadverb

   extremely

   "boiling mad"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. boilingnoun

   The process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point.

2. boilingadverb

   Extremely

   He was boiling mad.

3. boilingadjective

   That boils or boil.

4. boilingadjective

   Extremely hot.

   The radiator is boiling uE00026913uE001 I'm going to turn it down a bit.

5. boilingadjective

   Feeling uncomfortably hot.

   I'm boiling uE00026914uE001 can't we open a window?

6. boilingadjective

   Very hot.

   It's boiling out today!

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Boiling

   of Boil

2. Boilingadjective

   heated to the point of bubbling; heaving with bubbles; in tumultuous agitation, as boiling liquid; surging; seething; swelling with heat, ardor, or passion

3. Boilingnoun

   the act of ebullition or of tumultuous agitation

4. Boilingnoun

   exposure to the action of a hot liquid

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Boiling

   Boiling is the rapid vaporization of a liquid, which occurs when a liquid is heated to its boiling point, the temperature at which the vapor pressure of the liquid is equal to the pressure exerted on the liquid by the surrounding environmental pressure.

The Standard Electrical Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Boiling

   In secondary batteries the escape of hydrogen and oxygen gas when the battery is charged. The bubbling of the escaping gases produces the effect of boiling.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. boiling

   The "whole boiling" means the entire quantity, or whole party; applied to number or quantity. A contemptuous epithet.

Matched Categories

1. • Heating
   • Vaporization

How to pronounce boiling?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of boiling in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of boiling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of boiling in a Sentence

1. Tim Kaine:

   For years, I've been deeply concerned about President Trump stumbling into a war with Iran. We're now at a boiling point, and Congress must step in before President Donald Trump puts even more of our troops in harm's way. We owe it to our servicemembers to have a debate and vote about whether or not it's in our national interest to engage in another unnecessary war in the Middle East.

2. Dave Rubin:

   If you have any flicker of independent thought, if you have any desire to use your faculties to live in a way that is right for you and not to be under complete draconian, authoritarian rule by this administration and the Democrats, who are coming for every single one of our freedoms, they want you to wear masks forever, they want to be locked down forever, they want to control what you say and where you say it and who you say it to -- well, you're running out of time. And you're basically a frog in a slowly boiling pot. It's time to stand up and fight.

3. Novak Djokovic:

   Everything is boiling — in your body, the brain, everything.

4. Thomas Boothby:

   Tardigrades are a group of microscopic animals that are renowned for their ability to survive a number of extreme stresses, some of the things that tardigrades can survive include being dried out, being frozen and being heated up past the boiling point of water. They can survive thousands of times as much radiation as we can and they can go for days or weeks with little or no oxygen.

5. Hadi Partovi:

   Fox Friends country might have major problems with the Iran's government but you don't say the entire people are terrible, it is clear to Iranians that American tensions with the Iranian government is boiling over to leaders, and politicians are directly attacking people for their background.

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