boil
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English bile, büle (“boil, tumor”), from Old English bȳl, bȳle (“boil, swelling”), from Proto-Germanic *būlijō, *būlō (“boil”).
Akin to Dutch buil (“boil, swelling”), German Beule (“boil, hump”), Icelandic beyla (“swelling, hump”). The expected form is bile; the rounding of the diphthong could be caused by the initial b- and/or by association with etymology 2.
Inflected forms:
form: boils
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: boyl
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: boyle
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: boils
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: boiling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: boiled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: boiled
pos: verb
tags: past
form: boilt
pos: verb
tags: nonstandard
participle
past
regional
form: boilt
pos: verb
tags: nonstandard
past
regional
form: boyl
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: boyle
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.
pos: noun
gloss: To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Boil some water in a pan.
gloss: To cook in boiling water.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: Boil the eggs for three minutes.
Is the rice boiling yet?
Toad, that vnder cold ſtone, / Dayes and Nights ha's thirty one: / Sweltred Venom ſleeping got, / Boyle thou firſt i'th'charmed pot.
gloss: To begin to turn into a gas, seethe.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Pure water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
gloss: To bring to a boil, to heat so as to cause the contents to boil.
pos: verb
tags: New-Zealand
UK
informal
transitive
examples: 'I'll boil the kettle,' he said.
gloss: To be uncomfortably hot.
pos: verb
tags: informal
intransitive
examples: It’s boiling outside!
gloss: To feel uncomfortably hot.
pos: verb
tags: informal
intransitive
examples: I’m boiling in here – could you open the window?
gloss: To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to boil sugar or salt
Another leader in the packaged product business was the Procter & Gamble Company, formed in Cincinnati in 1837 by William Procter, who molded candles, and his brother-in-law, James Gamble, who boiled soap.
gloss: To steep or soak in warm water.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
examples: 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.
gloss: To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: the boiling waves of the sea
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot.
gloss: To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid.
pos: verb
examples: His blood boils with anger.
Then boyld my breſt with flame and burning wrath, / To reuenge my town vnto ſuch ruine brought.
The city boiled with money. Rents and property values had never been higher, and in the garment industry it was widely held that fashion had never been so fashionable. New restaurants opened every hour.
Related words: ebullient
bake
condense
freeze
fry
grill
poach
steam
Derived words: aboil
beauty won't make the pot boil
blood-boiling
boilability
boilable
boil away
boildown
boil down
boil down to
boiled dinner
boiled dressing
boiled shirt
boiled sweet
boiler
boilie
boil-in-bag
boiling plate
boiling tube
boil-in-the-bag
boil off
boiloff
boil over
boil someone's piss
boil the ocean
boil up
boil wash
boil-wash
bunny-boiling
double boil
drunk as a boiled owl
eat boiled crow
emboil
glue-boiler
go and boil your head
hard-boil
hard-boiled
high-boiling
I don't boil my cabbage twice
keep the pot boiling
low-boiling
make someone's blood boil
overboil
parboil
potboil
pot boiler
preboil
reboil
slow boil
soft-boiled
stone boiling
unboil
underboil
upboil
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: kook
lang: Arabic
word: غَلَى
roman: ḡalā
lang: Armenian
word: եռացնել
roman: eṙacʻnel
lang: Aromanian
word: herbu (roa-rup)
lang: Assamese
word: উতলা
roman: utola
lang: Assamese
word: উতলোৱা
roman: utolüa
lang: Asturian
word: ferver
lang: Azerbaijani
word: qaynatmaq
lang: Azerbaijani
word: dəmlətmək
lang: Bashkir
word: ҡайнатыу
roman: qaynatıw
lang: Belarusian
word: кіпяціць
roman: kipjacicʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: закіпяціць
roman: zakipjacicʹ
lang: Bhojpuri
word: उबाल
roman: ubāl
lang: Breton
word: beviñ
lang: Bulgarian
word: кипя
roman: kipja
lang: Catalan
word: bullir
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎠᎵᏥᏗᎭ
roman: alitsidiha
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 煮沸
roman: zhǔfèi
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 煮
roman: zhǔ
lang: Cornish
word: bryjyon
lang: Corsican
word: bodda
lang: Czech
word: vařit
lang: Danish
word: koge
lang: Dutch
word: koken
lang: Dutch
word: aan de kook brengen
lang: Dutch
word: zieden
lang: Dutch
word: zooien
lang: Esperanto
word: boligi
lang: Even
word: хуй-
roman: huj-
lang: Evenki
word: хуй-
roman: huj-
lang: Fijian
word: riri
lang: Finnish
word: kiehuttaa
lang: French
word: faire bouillir
lang: French
word: porter à ébullition
lang: Friulian
word: bulî
lang: Friulian
word: lessâ
lang: Galician
word: ferver
lang: Georgian
word: ადუღება
roman: aduɣeba
lang: German
word: sieden
lang: Greek
word: βράζω
roman: vrázo
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ζέω
roman: zéō
lang: Hawaiian
word: hoʻolapa
lang: Hebrew
word: הרתיח
roman: hirtíakh
lang: Hindi
word: उबलना
roman: ubalnā
lang: Hungarian
word: forral
lang: Hungarian
word: felforral
lang: Icelandic
word: sjóða
lang: Ido
word: boliigar
lang: Ingrian
word: keehuttaa
lang: Irish
word: beirigh
lang: Italian
word: far bollire
lang: Japanese
word: 沸かす
roman: wakasu
lang: Japanese
word: 沸騰させる
roman: futtōsaseru
lang: Japanese
word: 煮る
roman: niru
lang: Jarai
word: hơtŭk
lang: Kabuverdianu
word: ferbe
lang: Kazakh
word: қайнату
roman: qainatu
lang: Korean
word: 비등하다
roman: bideunghada
lang: Korean
word: 끓다
roman: kkeulta
lang: Latgalian
word: aizvirt
lang: Latin
word: fervefaciō
lang: Latin
word: bulliō
lang: Latvian
word: uzvārīt
lang: Lithuanian
word: užvirinti
lang: Macedonian
word: врие
roman: vrie
lang: Malay
word: mendidihkan
lang: Brunei Malay
word: didih
lang: Malayalam
word: തിളപ്പിയ്ക്കുക
roman: tiḷappiykkuka
lang: Maltese
word: għalla
lang: Manchu
word: ᡶᡠᠶᡝᠮᠪᡳ
roman: fuyembi
lang: Māori
word: huahua
lang: Marathi
word: उकळणे
roman: ukaḷṇe
lang: Mongolian
word: буцалгах
roman: bucalgax
lang: Nanai
word: пуйси-
roman: pujsi-
lang: Navajo
word: yiłbéézh
lang: Neapolitan
word: fa bolle
lang: Nepali
word: उमाल्नु
roman: umālnu
lang: Occitan
word: bolhir
lang: Occitan
word: estondejar
lang: Old English
word: wiellan
lang: Polish
word: gotować
lang: Polish
word: zagotowywać
lang: Polish
word: zagotować
lang: Portuguese
word: ferver
lang: Quechua
word: t'impuchiy
lang: Romanian
word: fierbe
lang: Romansh
word: buglir
lang: Romansh
word: bulgeir
lang: Romansh
word: coier
lang: Russian
word: кипяти́ть
roman: kipjatítʹ
lang: Russian
word: вскипяти́ть
roman: vskipjatítʹ
lang: Sanskrit
word: क्वथते
roman: kvathate
lang: Sanskrit
word: श्रायति
roman: śrāyati
lang: Sardinian
word: bodhire
lang: Sardinian
word: bodhiri
lang: Sardinian
word: budhire
lang: Sardinian
word: vudhire
lang: Sardinian
word: boddire
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: goil
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: kuhati
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: prokuhati
lang: Sicilian
word: vùgghiri
lang: Slovak
word: zovrieť
lang: Sotho
word: bela
lang: Spanish
word: hervir
lang: Spanish
word: herver
lang: Spanish
word: jerver
lang: Spanish
word: jerber
lang: Swahili
word: uvimbe
lang: Swedish
word: koka
lang: Thai
word: ต้ม
roman: dtôm
lang: Tongan
word: lili
lang: Turkish
word: kaynatmak
lang: Ukrainian
word: кип'яти́ти
roman: kypʺjatýty
lang: Ukrainian
word: скип'яти́ти
roman: skypʺjatýty
lang: Ukrainian
word: закип'яти́ти
roman: zakypʺjatýty
lang: Urdu
word: ابلنا
roman: ubalnā
lang: Uzbek
word: qaynamoq
lang: Venetan
word: bójar
lang: Venetan
word: bógiar
lang: Venetan
word: bójer
lang: Venetan
word: bojir
lang: Venetan
word: bogir
lang: Venetan
word: boir
lang: Venetan
word: bugir
lang: Venetan
word: bóger
lang: Vietnamese
word: đun
lang: Vietnamese
word: đun sôi
lang: Volapük
word: kükön
lang: Volapük
word: kükön vati
lang: Welsh
word: berwi