transcription, транскрипция: [ bɔɪl ]
( boils, boiling, boiled)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
When a hot liquid boils or when you boil it, bubbles appear in it and it starts to change into steam or vapour.
I stood in the kitchen, waiting for the water to boil...
Boil the water in the saucepan and add the sage...
...a saucepan of boiling water.
VERB : V , V n , V-ing
2.
When you boil a kettle or pan, or put it on to boil , you heat the water inside it until it boils.
He had nothing to do but boil the kettle and make the tea...
Marianne put the kettle on to boil.
VERB : V n , V
3.
When a kettle or pan is boiling , the water inside it has reached boiling point.
Is the kettle boiling?
VERB : only cont , V
4.
When you boil food, or when it boils , it is cooked in boiling water.
Boil the chick peas, add garlic and lemon juice...
I’d peel potatoes and put them on to boil.
...boiled eggs and toast.
VERB : V n , V , V-ed
5.
If you are boiling with anger, you are very angry.
I used to be all sweetness and light on the outside, but inside I would be boiling with rage.
VERB : usu cont , V with n
6.
A boil is a red, painful swelling on your skin, which contains a thick yellow liquid called pus.
= cyst
N-COUNT
7.
see also boiling
8.
When you bring a liquid to the boil , you heat it until it boils. When it comes to the boil , it begins to boil.
Put water, butter and lard into a saucepan and bring slowly to the boil.
PHRASE : V inflects
9.
to make someone’s blood boil: see blood