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boiling

 
Adverbial boiling has 1 sense
  1. boiling - extremely; "boiling mad"
Noun boiling has 2 senses
  1. boiling - the application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas
    --1 is a kind of
    heating, warming; vaporization, vaporisation, vapor, vapour, evaporation
    --1 has particulars: decoction process, decoction mashing
  2. boiling, stewing, simmering - cooking in a boiling liquid
    --2 is a kind of cooking, cookery, preparation
    --2 has particulars: decoction
Verb boil has 5 senses
  1. boil - come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor; "Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius"
    --1 is one way to
    change state, turn
    Antonyms: freeze
    Derived forms: noun boil2, noun boiler1
    Sample sentence:
    The water boils
  2. boil - cook in boiling liquid; "boil potatoes"
    --2 is one way to
    cook
    Derived forms: noun boil2, noun boiler2
    Sample sentence:
    The chefs boil the vegetables
  3. boil - bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point; "boil this liquid until it evaporates"
    --3 is one way to
    change, alter, modify
    Derived forms: noun boil2, noun boiler1
    Sample sentence:
    They boil the water
  4. churn, boil, moil, roil - be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm"
    --4 is one way to move
    Sample sentence:
    The water boils
  5. seethe, boil - be in an agitated emotional state; "The customer was seething with anger"
    --5 is one way to be
    Sample sentence:
    Sam and Sue boil over the results of the experiment
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