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Boil

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Noun

1. boil, furuncle

a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus

2. boil, boiling point

the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level

Example Sentences:
'they brought the water to a boil'

Verb

3. boil

come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor

Example Sentences:
'Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius'

4. boil

immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes

Example Sentences:
'boil potatoes'
'boil wool'

5. boil

bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point

Example Sentences:
'boil this liquid until it evaporates'

6. boil, churn, moil, roil

be agitated

Example Sentences:
'the sea was churning in the storm'

7. boil, seethe

be in an agitated emotional state

Example Sentences:
'The customer was seething with anger'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Boil

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verb
1. 
to change or cause to change from a liquid to a vapour so rapidly that bubbles of vapour are formed copiously in the liquid
Compare evaporate
2. 
to reach or cause to reach boiling point
3. 
to cook or be cooked by the process of boiling
4. (intransitive)
to bubble and be agitated like something boiling; seethe
the ocean was boiling
5. (intransitive)
to be extremely angry or indignant (esp in the phrase make one's blood boil)
she was boiling at his dishonesty
6. (intransitive)
to contain a boiling liquid
the pot is boiling
noun
7. 
the state or action of boiling (esp in the phrases on the boil, off the boil)
noun
a red painful swelling with a hard pus-filled core caused by bacterial infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissues, esp at a hair follicle
. Technical name: furuncle

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Boil

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verb intransitive
1. 
to bubble up and vaporize over direct heat
2. 
to reach the vaporizing stage
3. 
to seethe or churn like a boiling liquid
4. 
to be agitated, as with rage
5. 
to cook in boiling water or other liquid
verb transitive
6. 
to heat to the boiling point
7. 
to cook, process, or separate in boiling water or other liquid
noun
8. 
the act or state of boiling
noun
an inflamed, painful, pus-filled swelling on the skin, caused by localized infection; furuncle

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Boil

see synonyms of boil
v. boiled, boil·ing, boils
v.intr.
1.
a. To change from a liquid to a vapor by the application of heat: All the water boiled away and left the kettle dry.
b. To reach the boiling point.
c. To undergo the action of boiling, especially in being cooked.
2. To be in a state of agitation; seethe: a river boiling over the rocks.
3. To be stirred up or greatly excited, especially in anger: The mere idea made me boil.
v.tr.
1.
a. To vaporize (a liquid) by the application of heat.
b. To heat to the boiling point.
2. To cook or clean by boiling.
3. To separate by evaporation in the process of boiling: boil the maple sap.
n.
1. The condition or act of boiling.
2. Lower Southern US A picnic featuring shrimp, crab, or crayfish boiled in large pots with spices, and then shelled and eaten by hand.
3. An agitated, swirling, roiling mass of liquid: "Those tumbling boils show a dissolving bar and a changing channel there" (Mark Twain).
n.
A painful, circumscribed pus-filled inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissue usually caused by a local staphylococcal infection. Also called furuncle.

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