BOIL


Meaning of BOIL in English

n. 25B6; verb

boil the potatoes : BRING TO THE BOIL, simmer; cook.

the soup is boiling : SIMMER, bubble, stew.

a huge cliff with the sea boiling below : CHURN, seethe, froth, foam; poetic/literary roil.

she boiled at his lack of consideration : FUME, seethe, rage, smoulder, bristle, be angry, be furious; get worked up; informal see red, get steamed up.

25B6; noun bring the stock to the boil : BOILING POINT, 100 degrees centigrade.

25A0; boil something down CONDENSE, reduce, concentrate, thicken.

25A0; boil down to COME DOWN TO, amount to, add up to, be in essence.

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