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Meaning of 'boil'
Meaning of 'boil' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Boil 
[ 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.
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. [ v.]- 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. [ v. t.]- 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]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level
- the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level
Example in sentence:
- they brought the water to a boil
2. boil [ v]
[ v]Meaning (2):
- immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes
- 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
- 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
- be in an agitated emotional state
Example in sentence:
- The customer was seething with anger
Meaning (5):
- be agitated
- 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
- come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor
Example in sentence:
- Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius
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