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Boil is a synonym of foam.


As nouns the difference between boil and foam

is that boil is a localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection or boil can be the point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour while foam is a substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains.

As verbs the difference between boil and foam

is that boil is to heat (a liquid) to the point where it begins to turn into a gas while foam is to form or emit foam.

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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    foam

    English

    Noun

  • A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains.
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  • (by extension) Sea foam; (figuratively) the sea.

    • Derived terms

    * foamy

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To form or emit foam.
  • * Bible, Mark ix. 18
    • He foameth , and gnasheth with his teeth.
  • * 1877 , (Anna Sewell), (Black Beauty) Chapter 23[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Black_Beauty/23]
    • What I suffered with that rein for four long months in my lady's carriage, it would be hard to describe, but I am quite sure that, had it lasted much longer, either my health or my temper would have given way. Before that, I never knew what it was to foam at the mouth, but now the action of the sharp bit on my tongue and jaw, and the constrained position of my head and throat, always caused me to froth at the mouth more or less.