English to English
boil
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noun (n)
- the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level(noun.attribute)Example:
They brought the water to a boil.
source: wordnet30 - Act or state of boiling.(noun)source: webster1913
- 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.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor(verb.change)Example:
Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
source: wordnet30 - immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes(verb.change)Example:
Boil potatoes.
Boil wool.
source: wordnet30 - bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point(verb.change)Example:
Boil this liquid until it evaporates.
source: wordnet30 - 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.(verb)source: webster1913
- To heat to the boiling point, or so as to cause ebullition; as, to boil water.(verb)source: webster1913