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