boil

[boil]

If you heat water to 212° Fahrenheit, then expect to see it boil bubbling as it turns from a liquid to a vapor. It's what a watched pot never seems to do!

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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.

Noun
the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level; "the brought to water to a boil"

Noun
a painful sore with a hard pus-filled core

Verb
cook in boiling liquid; "boil potatoes"

Verb
bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point; "boil this liquid until it evaporates"

Verb
come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor; "Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius"

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Verb
be in an agitated emotional state; "The customer was seething with anger"

Verb
be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm"

v.
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.

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

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

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

v.
To be in boiling water, as in cooking; as, the potatoes are boiling.

v. t.
To heat to the boiling point, or so as to cause ebullition; as, to boil water.

v. t.
To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation; as, to boil sugar or salt.

v. t.
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.

v. t.
To steep or soak in warm water.

n.
Act or state of boiling.

n.
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.

Boil

Boil , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Boiled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Boiling.] [OE. boilen, OF. boilir, builir, F. bouillir, fr. L. bullire to be in a bubbling motion, from bulla bubble; akin to Gr. , Lith. bumbuls. Cf. Bull an edict, Budge, v., and Ebullition.] 1. 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. 2. To be agitated like boiling water, by any other cause than heat; to bubble; to effervesce; as, the boiling waves.
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot.
3. To pass from a liquid to an a'89riform state or vapor when heated; as, the water boils away. 4. To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid; as, his blood boils with anger.
Then boiled my breast with flame and burning wrath.
5. To be in boiling water, as in cooking; as, the potatoes are boiling. To boil away, to vaporize; to evaporate or be evaporated by the action of heat. -- To boil over, to run over the top of a vessel, as liquid when thrown into violent agitation by heat or other cause of effervescence; to be excited with ardor or passion so as to lose self-control.

Boil

Boil, v. t. 1. To heat to the boiling point, or so as to cause ebullition; as, to boil water. 2. To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation; as, to boil sugar or salt. 3. 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.
The stomach cook is for the hall, And boileth meate for them all.
4. To steep or soak in warm water. [Obs.]
To try whether seeds be old or new, the sense can not inform; but if you boil them in water, the new seeds will sprout sooner.
To boil down, to reduce in bulk by boiling; as, to boil down sap or sirup.

Boil

Boil, n. Act or state of boiling. [Colloq.]

Boil

Boil, n. [Influenced by boil, v. See Beal, Bile.] 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. A blind boil, one that suppurates imperfectly, or fails to come to a head. -- Delhi boil (Med.), a peculiar affection of the skin, probably parasitic in origin, prevailing in India (as among the British troops) and especially at Delhi.

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.

To heat to the boiling point, or so as to cause ebullition; as, to boil water.

Act or state of boiling.

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.

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Usage Examples

There is nothing like being left alone again, to walk peacefully with oneself in the woods. To boil one's coffee and fill one's pipe, and to think idly and slowly as one does it.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

My dad liked to boil a squirrel head and suck the brains out the nose. Smaller than a chicken, bigger than a rat.

Clinton is a big personality who has led a big life, and for some of the media conventional wisdom to boil it down to a view that 'all people are really interested in' are a few moments of madness in the Oval Office gets him, the importance of the presidency, and the significance of his life, all wrong.