come to a boil (English, verb)
expansion: come to a boil (third-person singular simple present comes to a boil, present participle coming to a boil, simple past came to a boil, past participle come to a boil)
Senses:
glosses: To begin to boil.
glosses: To reach a critical point; come to a head.
tags: figuratively
Forms:
form: comes to a boil
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: coming to a boil
tags: participle
present
form: came to a boil
tags: past
form: come to a boil
tags: participle
past
form: come to the boil
tags: alternative