boil

Definitions of boil in various dictionaries:

noun - a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus

noun - the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level

verb - come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor

verb - immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes

verb - bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point

verb - be agitated

verb - be in an agitated emotional state

To change from a liquid to a vapor by the application of heat: All the water boiled away and left the kettle dry.

To reach the boiling point.

To undergo the action of boiling, especially in being cooked.

To be in a state of agitation; seethe: a river boiling over the rocks.

To be stirred up or greatly excited: The mere idea made me boil.

To vaporize (a liquid) by the application of heat.

To heat to the boiling point.

To cook or clean by boiling.

To separate by evaporation in the process of boiling: boil the maple sap.

The condition or act of boiling.

A picnic featuring shrimp, crab, or crayfish boiled in large pots with spices, and then shelled and eaten by hand.

An agitated, swirling, roiling mass of liquid: “Those tumbling boils show a dissolving bar and a changing channel there” (Mark Twain).

To reduce in bulk or size by boiling.

To condense; summarize: boiled down the complex document.

To constitute the equivalent of in summary: The scathing editorial simply boils down to an exercise in partisan politics.

To overflow while boiling.

To boil is to cook in a liquid heated to a temperature at which it bubbles up and gives off vapor: boil potatoes.

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

adj - to vaporize liquid [v -ED, -ING, -S] : BOILABLE

BOIL - A boil, also called a furuncle, is a deep folliculitis, infection of the hair follicle. It is most commonly caused by infection by the bacterium Stap...