boil up (English, verb)
expansion: boil up (third-person singular simple present boils up, present participle boiling up, simple past and past participle boiled up)
Senses:
glosses: To cook or prepare by boiling.
tags: transitive
glosses: To become more excited, intense or exciting.
tags: idiomatic
intransitive
glosses: To boil clothes to clean or sanitize them.
tags: US
dated
slang
transitive
Forms:
form: boils up
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: boiling up
tags: participle
present
form: boiled up
tags: participle
past
form: boiled up
tags: past