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Boil Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Boil?
[n] the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level; "the brought to water to a boil"
[n] a painful sore with a hard pus-filled core [v] cook in boiling liquid; "boil potatoes" [v] bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point, as of water and other liquids; "boil this liquid until it evaporates" [v] come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor; "Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius" [v] have violent emotions, such as anger or frustration [v] be agitated; of liquids Synonyms | Synonyms for Boil: boiling point | churn | furuncle | moil | roil | seethe Related Terms | Find terms related to Boil: abscess | agitation | antisepticize | aposteme | autoclave | bake | barbecue | baste | be in heat | be livid | be pissed | bed sore | blain | blanch | blaze | bleb | blister | bloom | blow up | blubber | bluster | bobbery | boil over | boiling | bolt | braise | brew | bristle | broil | brouhaha | brown | browned off | bubble | bubble over | bubble up | bubo | bulla | bump | bunion | burble | burn | bustle | canker | canker sore | carry on | casserole | chafe | chancre | chancroid | charge | chase | chilblain | chlorinate | choke | churn | coction | coddle | cold sore | combust | commotion | conturbation | cook | corn | course | cover | culinary masterpiece | culinary preparation | curry | cyst | dash | decoct | decoction | decontaminate | delouse | devil | dilatation | dilation | discomposure | dish | disinfect | disorder | disquiet | disquietude | distension | distill | disturbance | do | do to perfection | ebullience | ebulliency | ebulliometer | ebullition | edema | effervesce | embroilment | entree | eschar | excitement | felon | ferment | fermentation | fester | festering | fever | fever blister | feverishness | fidgets | fire | fistula | fizz | fizzle | flame | flame up | flap | flare | flare up | flicker | fling | flurry | flush | fluster | flutteration | foam | foment | fret | fricassee | frizz | frizzle | fry | fulminate | fume | fumigate | furuncle | furunculus | fuss | gasp | gathering | glow | go on | griddle | grill | guggle | gumboil | gurgle | have a conniption | heat | hemorrhoids | hiss | hubbub | hurly-burly | hygienize | incandesce | inquietude | intumescence | jitters | jumpiness | kibe | lash | lesion | lump | maelstrom | main dish | malaise | moil | nerviness | nervosity | nervousness | oven-bake | pan | pan-broil | pant | papula | papule | parboil | parch | paronychia | parulis | pasteurize | perturbation | petechia | piles | pimple | pissed off | plop | poach | pock | polyp | prepare | prepare food | pustule | race | radiate heat | rage | raise Cain | raise hell | raise the devil | raise the roof | rant | rant and rave | rave | restlessness | rising | roast | roil | rout | row | sanitate | sanitize | saute | scab | scald | scallop | scorch | sear | sebaceous cyst | seethe | seething | shimmer with heat | shirr | shoot | side dish | simmer | simmering | sizzle | smoke | smolder | smother | smoulder | soft chancre | sore | spark | sparkle | splutter | sputter | steam | sterilize | stew | stewing | stifle | stigma | stir | stir-fry | storm | sty | suffocate | suppuration | sweat | swell | swelling | swelter | swirl | swollenness | take on | tear | throw a fit | toast | to-do | trepidation | trepidity | tubercle | tumefaction | tumescence | tumidity | tumor | tumult | tumultuation | turbidity | turbulence | turgescence | turgescency | turgidity | turmoil | twitter | ulcer | ulceration | unease | unrest | upset | wale | welt | wen | wheal | whelk | whitlow | work | wound See Also | alter | boil | boil over | change | change state | cook | decoct | experience | feel | gumboil | move | overboil | roll | seethe | simmer | sizzle | staphylococcal infection | temperature | turn Boil In Webster's Dictionary \Boil\ (boil), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Boiled} (boild); p. pr.
& vb. n. {Boiling}.] [OE. boilen, OF. boilir, builir, F.
bouillir, fr. L. bullire to be in a bubbling motion, from
bulla bubble; akin to Gr. ?, Lith. bumbuls. Cf. {Bull} an
edict, {Budge}, v., and {Ebullition}.]
1. 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.
2. To be agitated like boiling water, by any other cause than
heat; to bubble; to effervesce; as, the boiling waves.
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot. --Job xii.
31.
3. To pass from a liquid to an a["e]riform state or vapor
when heated; as, the water boils away.
4. To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid;
as, his blood boils with anger.
Then boiled my breast with flame and burning wrath.
--Surrey.
5. To be in boiling water, as in cooking; as, the potatoes
are boiling.
{To boil away}, to vaporize; to evaporate or be evaporated by
the action of heat.
{To boil over}, to run over the top of a vessel, as liquid
when thrown into violent agitation by heat or other cause
of effervescence; to be excited with ardor or passion so
as to lose self-control.
\Boil\, v. t. 1. To heat to the boiling point, or so as to cause ebullition; as, to boil water. 2. To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation; as, to boil sugar or salt. 3. 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. The stomach cook is for the hall, And boileth meate for them all. --Gower. 4. To steep or soak in warm water. [Obs.] To try whether seeds be old or new, the sense can not inform; but if you boil them in water, the new seeds will sprout sooner. --Bacon. {To boil down}, to reduce in bulk by boiling; as, to boil down sap or sirup. \Boil\, n. Act or state of boiling. [Colloq.] \Boil\, n. [Influenced by boil, v. See {Beal}, {Bile}.] 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. {A blind boil}, one that suppurates imperfectly, or fails to come to a head. {Delhi boil} (Med.), a peculiar affection of the skin, probably parasitic in origin, prevailing in India (as among the British troops) and especially at Delhi. |
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