Sekirov Dictionary

boil

/bɔɪ(ə)l/

verb 10
noun 7
forms 6
phrases 7

verb10

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To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
- Boil some water in a pan.
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To begin to turn into a gas, seethe.
- Pure water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
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(UK, New-Zealand) To bring to a boil, to heat so as to cause the contents to boil.
- 'I'll boil the kettle,' he said. — 1991
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To cook in boiling water.
- Boil the eggs for three minutes.
- Is the rice boiling yet?
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(informal) To be uncomfortably hot.
- It’s boiling outside!
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(informal) To feel uncomfortably hot.
- I’m boiling in here – could you open the window?
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To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid.
- His blood boils with anger.
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To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce.
- the boiling waves of the sea
To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation.
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(no longer used) To steep or soak in warm water.
- To try whether seeds be old or new, the sense cannot inform; but if you boil them in water, the new seeds will sprout sooner. — 1627

noun7

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The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour; the boiling point.
- Add the noodles when the water comes to the boil.
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An instance of boiling.
- Surface water will do, but give it a good boil before drinking it.
A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.
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A dish of boiled food, especially seafood.
- This is Brad's classic shrimp boil—a recipe he makes for every tailgate party. Brad demands, “Don't use utensils!” INGREDIENTS: Two 6-ounce boxes Old Bay crab/shrimp boil seasoning[…] — 2007
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(US) A social event at which people gather to boil and eat food, especially seafood. (Compare a bake or clambake.)
- The whole live crawfish typically are consumed at home and at crawfish boils and other social events where the crawfish is boiled[…] — 1996
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(nonstandard, rare) A group of hawks.
- The clouds last evening: white, bountiful, against a field of cerulean sky. A boil of hawks darted above me. — 2011
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(no longer used) A bubbling.
- He swam to the place where Mary disappeared but there was neither boil nor gurgle on the water, nor even a bell of departing breath, to mark the place where his beloved had sunk. — 1828

forms

boiled · boilt · boiling · boileth · boils · boilest

Phrases with boil

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