boiling

[ boi-ling ]

/ ˈbɔɪ lɪŋ /

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adjective

having reached the boiling point; steaming or bubbling up under the action of heat: boiling water.

fiercely churning or swirling: the boiling seas.

(of anger, rage, etc.) intense; fierce; heated.

adverb

to an extreme extent; very: August is usually boiling hot; boiling mad.

Origin of boiling

1250–1300; Middle English. See boil¹, -ing²

OTHER WORDS FROM boiling

boil·ing·ly, adverb half-boil·ing, adjective non·boil·ing, adjective

Words nearby boiling

boiler horsepower, boiler room, boiler suit, boilermaker, boilerplate, boiling, boiling point, boiling-water reactor, boilover, boink, bois brûlé

Definition for boiling (2 of 2)

boil ¹

[ boil ]

/ bɔɪl /

verb (used without object)

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.

to reach or be brought to the boiling point: When the water boils, add the meat and cabbage.

to be in an agitated or violent state: The sea boiled in the storm.

to be deeply stirred or upset.

to contain, or be contained in, a liquid that boils: The kettle is boiling. The vegetables are boiling.

verb (used with object)

to cause to boil or to bring to the boiling point: Boil two cups of water.

to cook (something) in boiling water: to boil eggs.

to separate (sugar, salt, etc.) from a solution containing it by boiling off the liquid.

noun

the act or an instance of boiling.

the state or condition of boiling: He brought a kettle of water to a boil.

an area of agitated, swirling, bubbling water, as part of a rapids.

Also called blow. Civil Engineering. an unwanted flow of water and solid matter into an excavation, due to excessive outside water pressure.

Verb Phrases

boil down,

to reduce the quantity of by boiling off liquid.
to shorten; abridge.
to be simplifiable or summarizable as; lead to the conclusion that; point: It all boils down to a clear case of murder.

boil over,

to overflow while boiling or as if while boiling; burst forth; erupt.
to be unable to repress anger, excitement, etc.: Any mention of the incident makes her boil over.

Origin of boil

1250–1300; Middle English boillen < Anglo-French, Old French boillir < Latin bullīre to bubble, effervesce, boil, verbal derivative of bulla bubble

SYNONYMS FOR boil

3 foam, churn, froth.

4 rage.

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4. Boil, seethe, simmer, stew are used figuratively to refer to agitated states of emotion. To boil suggests the state of being very hot with anger or rage: Rage made his blood boil. To seethe is to be deeply stirred, violently agitated, or greatly excited: A mind seething with conflicting ideas. To simmer means to be on the point of bursting out or boiling over: to simmer with curiosity, with anger. To stew is to worry, to be in a restless state of anxiety and excitement: to stew about ( or over ) one's troubles.

Example sentences from the Web for boiling

He first rose to prominence as a lawyer in Queens, who settled a boiling racial dispute over public housing in Forest Hills.

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This is important in the concentration process, which takes place by means of an extraordinarily measured period of boiling.

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Ground glass is put in food to cause internal bleeding, and nicotine concentrated by boiling can cause a heart attack.

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As infants, my kids ate food right off the floor without washing or boiling.

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Mr. Wynd said the shrinking process includes filling the head with hot sand and boiling it with herbs.

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Sister Shriner is boiling over with railing toward God's pure little ones.

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Now, if we consider that water raised to 212° is boiling, we shall be as much astonished at their powers of enduring heat as cold.

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Who could be so credulous as to believe that minute organic forms could live through the boiling process?

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There are two ways to clean the skeletons of large mammals: by boiling the bones, and by maceration.

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She finally opened the door to her husband who was boiling with rage.

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British Dictionary definitions for boiling (1 of 3)

boiling

/ (ˈbɔɪlɪŋ) /

adjective, adverb

very warm a boiling hot day

noun

the whole boiling slang the whole lot

British Dictionary definitions for boiling (2 of 3)

boil ¹

/ (bɔɪl) /

verb

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

to reach or cause to reach boiling point

to cook or be cooked by the process of boiling

(intr) to bubble and be agitated like something boiling; seethe the ocean was boiling

(intr) to be extremely angry or indignant (esp in the phrase make one's blood boil) she was boiling at his dishonesty

(intr) to contain a boiling liquid the pot is boiling

noun

the state or action of boiling (esp in the phrases on the boil, off the boil)

See also boil away, boil down, boil off, boil over, boil up

Derived forms of boil

boilable, adjective

Word Origin for boil

C13: from Old French boillir, from Latin bullīre to bubble, from bulla a bubble

British Dictionary definitions for boiling (3 of 3)

boil ²

/ (bɔɪl) /

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

Word Origin for boil

Old English bӯle; related to Old Norse beyla swelling, Old High German būlla bladder, Gothic ufbauljan to inflate

Medical definitions for boiling

boil

[ boil ]

n.

A painful, circumscribed pus-filled inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissue usually caused by a local staphylococcal infection. furuncle

Scientific definitions for boiling

boil

[ boil ]

To change from a liquid to a gaseous state by being heated to the boiling point and being provided with sufficient energy. Boiling is an example of a phase transition.

Idioms and Phrases with boiling

boil

In addition to the idioms beginning with boil

boil down
boiling point
boil over

also see:

make one's blood boil
watched pot never boils

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boiling

adjective

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verb (used without object)

verb (used with object)

noun

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