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Boil - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'Boil' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Boil [ n.]
- 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.
2 . Boil [ 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.
- To be agitated like boiling water, by any other cause than heat; to bubble; to effervesce; as, the boiling waves.
- To pass from a liquid to an aeriform state or vapor when heated; as, the water boils away.
- To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid; as, his blood boils with anger.
- To be in boiling water, as in cooking; as, the potatoes are boiling.
3 . Boil [ v. t.]
- To heat to the boiling point, or so as to cause ebullition; as, to boil water.
- To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation; as, to boil sugar or salt.
- 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.
- To steep or soak in warm water.

Meaning of 'Boil' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . boil [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level
Example in sentence:
  • they brought the water to a boil
2 . boil [ v]
Meaning (2):
- immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes
Example in sentence:
  • boil potatoes;
  • boil wool
Meaning (3):
- bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point
Example in sentence:
  • boil this liquid until it evaporates
Meaning (4):
- be in an agitated emotional state
Example in sentence:
  • The customer was seething with anger
Meaning (5):
- be agitated
Example in sentence:
  • the sea was churning in the storm
Meaning (6):
- come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor
Example in sentence:
  • Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius