Boil(v.)
- 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.
Boil(v.)
- To be agitated like boiling water, by any other cause than heat; to bubble; to effervesce; as, the boiling waves.
Boil(v.)
- To pass from a liquid to an aeriform state or vapor when heated; as, the water boils away.
Boil(v.)
- To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid; as, his blood boils with anger.
Boil(v.)
- To be in boiling water, as in cooking; as, the potatoes are boiling.
Boil(v. t.)
- To heat to the boiling point, or so as to cause ebullition; as, to boil water.
Boil(v. t.)
- To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation; as, to boil sugar or salt.
Boil(v. t.)
- 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.
Boil(n.)
- 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.
Boiled(a.)
- Dressed or cooked by boiling; subjected to the action of a boiling liquid; as, boiled meat; a boiled dinner; boiled clothes.
Boiling(a.)
- Heated to the point of bubbling; heaving with bubbles; in tumultuous agitation, as boiling liquid; surging; seething; swelling with heat, ardor, or passion.
Boiling(n.)
- The act of ebullition or of tumultuous agitation.
Boiling(n.)
- Exposure to the action of a hot liquid.