boil English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) bile, .
Noun
( en noun)
A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.
Synonyms
* abscess
* carbuncle
* cyst
* furuncle
* pimple
* pustule
External links
* (Boil)
Etymology 2
(etyl) "to well up, boil"). More at seethe, well.
Noun
( en noun)
The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour.
- Add the noodles when the water comes to the boil .
A dish of boiled food, especially based on seafood.
(rare, nonstandard) The collective noun for a group of hawks.
Verb
( en verb)
To heat (a liquid) to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
- Boil some water in a pan.
(intransitive) To cook in boiling water.
- Boil the eggs for two minutes.
- Is the rice boiling yet?
Of a liquid, to begin to turn into a gas, seethe.
- Pure water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
(intransitive, informal, used only in progressive tenses) Said of weather being uncomfortably hot.
- It’s boiling outside!
(intransitive, informal, used only in progressive tenses) To feel uncomfortably hot. See also seethe.
- I’m boiling in here – could you open the window?
To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation.
- to boil sugar or salt
(obsolete) To steep or soak in warm water.
* Francis Bacon
- To try whether seeds be old or new, the sense cannot inform; but if you boil them in water, the new seeds will sprout sooner.
To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce.
- the boiling waves of the sea
* Bible, Job xii. 31
- He maketh the deep to boil like a pot.
To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid.
- His blood boils with anger.
* Surrey
- Then boiled my breast with flame and burning wrath.
Synonyms
* (of a liquid) seethe, well, plaw ; see also
* (of the weather) be baking]], be scorching, [[swelter, be sweltering
* (of a person) be seething]], be baking, [[stew, be stewing
Antonyms
* (of a liquid) condense
* (of the weather) be freezing
* (of a person) be freezing
Derived terms
* boil away
* boil down
* boil down to
* boil off
* boil over
* go off the boil
* hard-boiled
* make someone's blood boil
* parboil
* pot boiler
* slow boil
* soft-boiled
Related terms
* ebullient
See also
* bake
* condense
* freeze
* fry
* grill
* poach
* steam
External links
* (Boiling)
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broil English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) broillen, .
(etyl) .
Verb
( en verb)
To cook by direct, radiant heat.
To expose to great heat.
To be exposed to great heat.
Noun
( en noun)
Food prepared by broiling.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .
Verb
( en verb)
to cause a rowdy disturbance; embroil
(obsolete) to brawl
Noun
( en noun)
(archaic) A brawl; a rowdy disturbance.
* 1819 , , Otho the Great , Act I, verses 1-2
- So, I am safe emerged from these broils ! / Amid the wreck of thousands I am whole
* Burke
- I will own that there is a haughtiness and fierceness in human nature which will which will cause innumerable broils , place men in what situation you please.
* 1840 , Robert Chambers, ?William Chambers, Chambers's Edinburgh Journal (volume 8, page 382)
- Since the provinces declared their independence, broils and squabblings of one sort and another have greatly retarded the advancement which they might otherwise have made.
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