boil

boil
[[t]bɔ͟ɪl[/t]]
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boils, boiling, boiled
1) V-ERG 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...

[V n] Boil the water in the saucepan and add the sage...

[V-ing] Cook the carrots in a saucepan of boiling water for 3 minutes.

2) V-ERG When you boil a kettle or pan, or put it on to boil, you heat the water inside it until it boils.

[V n] He had nothing to do but boil the kettle and make the tea...

Marianne put the kettle on to boil.

3) VERB: only cont When a kettle or pan is boiling, the water inside it has reached boiling point.

Is the kettle boiling?

4) V-ERG When you boil food, or when it boils, it is cooked in boiling water.

[V n] Boil the chick peas, add garlic and lemon juice...

I'd peel potatoes and put them on to boil.

[V-ed] ...boiled eggs and toast.

5) VERB: usu cont If you are boiling with anger, you are very angry.

[V with n] I used to be all sweetness and light on the outside, but inside I would be boiling with rage.

6) N-COUNT A boil is a red, painful swelling on your skin, which contains a thick yellow liquid called pus.
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7) See also boiling
8) PHRASE: V inflects 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.

9) to make someone's blood boilsee blood
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