ALL meanings of boil
boil
B b - verb boil When a hot liquid boils or when you boil it, bubbles appear in it and it starts to change into steam or vapour. 3
- verb boil When you boil a kettle or pan, or put it on to boil, you heat the water inside it until it boils. 3
- verb boil When a kettle or pan is boiling, the water inside it has reached boiling point. 3
- verb boil When you boil food, or when it boils, it is cooked in boiling water. 3
- verb boil If you are boiling with anger, you are very angry. 3
- countable noun boil A boil is a red, painful swelling on your skin, which contains a thick yellow liquid called pus. 3
- verb boil to change or cause to change from a liquid to a vapour so rapidly that bubbles of vapour are formed copiously in the liquid 3
- verb boil to reach or cause to reach boiling point 3
- verb boil to cook or be cooked by the process of boiling 3
- verb boil to bubble and be agitated like something boiling; seethe 3
- verb boil to be extremely angry or indignant (esp in the phrase make one's blood boil) 3
- verb boil to contain a boiling liquid 3
- noun boil the state or action of boiling (esp in the phrases on the boil, off the boil) 3
- noun boil 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 3
- intransitive verb boil to bubble up and vaporize over direct heat 3
- intransitive verb boil to reach the vaporizing stage 3
- intransitive verb boil to seethe or churn like a boiling liquid 3
- intransitive verb boil to be agitated, as with rage 3
- intransitive verb boil to cook in boiling water or other liquid 3
- verb transitive boil to heat to the boiling point 3
- verb transitive boil to cook, process, or separate in boiling water or other liquid 3
- noun boil the act or state of boiling 3
- noun boil an inflamed, painful, pus-filled swelling on the skin, caused by localized infection; furuncle 3
- verb boil When a hot liquid boils or when you boil it, bubbles appear in it and it starts to change into steam or vapor. 3
- verb boil When you boil food, or when it boils, it is cooked in boiling water. 3
- verb without object boil to change from a liquid to a gaseous state, producing bubbles of gas that rise to the surface of the liquid, agitating it as they rise. 1
- verb without object boil to reach or be brought to the boiling point: When the water boils, add the meat and cabbage. 1
- verb without object boil to be in an agitated or violent state: The sea boiled in the storm. 1
- verb without object boil to be deeply stirred or upset. 1
- verb without object boil to contain, or be contained in, a liquid that boils: The kettle is boiling. The vegetables are boiling. 1
- verb with object boil to cause to boil or to bring to the boiling point: Boil two cups of water. 1
- verb with object boil to cook (something) in boiling water: to boil eggs. 1
- verb with object boil to separate (sugar, salt, etc.) from a solution containing it by boiling off the liquid. 1
- noun boil a painful, circumscribed inflammation of the skin or a hair follicle, having a dead, suppurating inner core: usually caused by a staphylococcal infection. 1
- idioms boil boil off, Textiles. to degum (silk). to remove (sizing, wax, impurities, or the like) from a fabric by subjecting it to a hot scouring solution. Also, boil out. 1
- transitive verb boil water, food: heat 1
- transitive verb boil food: cook by boiling 1
- noun boil skin sore 1
- transitive verb boil kettle, pot: heat contents to boiling 1
- intransitive verb boil water, food: bubble 1
- intransitive verb boil liquid: be agitated as if boiling 1
- intransitive verb boil be furious 1
- intransitive verb boil person: feel very hot 1
- noun boil A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection. 0
- noun boil The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour. 0
- noun boil A dish of boiled food, especially based on seafood. 0
- noun boil (rare, nonstandard) The collective noun for a group of hawks. 0
- verb boil (Transitive Verb) To heat (a liquid) to the point where it begins to turn into a gas. 0
- verb boil (Transitive Verb) VI To cook in boiling water. 0
- verb boil (Intransitive Verb) Of a liquid, to begin to turn into a gas, seethe. 0