Meaning of 'boil' (Webster Dictionary)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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)
Meaning (1):
- the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level
Example in sentence:- they brought the water to a boil
Meaning (2):
- immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes
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
Definition
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