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Définitions

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boil
1. n. Furoncle, abcès.
2. n. Ébullition, bouillonnement.
Raise the temperature on the stove until the water reaches a running boil.
3. v. Faire bouillir, porter à l'ébullition.
4. v. Faire bouillir.
5. v. Bouillir.
anglais > anglais
boil
1. n. A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.
2. n. The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour.
Add the noodles when the water comes to the boil.
3. n. A dish of boiled food, especially based on seafood.
4. n. (rare, nonstandard) The collective noun for a group of hawks.
5. v. To heat (a liquid) to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
Boil some water in a pan.
6. v. (transitive, intransitive) To cook in boiling water.
Boil the eggs for two minutes.
Is the rice boiling yet?
7. v. (intransitive) Of a liquid, to begin to turn into a gas, seethe.
Pure water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
8. v. (intransitive, informal, used only in progressive tenses) Said of weather being uncomfortably hot.
It’s boiling outside!
9. v. (intransitive, informal, used only in progressive tenses) To feel uncomfortably hot. See also seethe.
I’m boiling in here – could you open the window?
10. v. To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation.
to boil sugar or salt
11. v. (obsolete) To steep or soak in warm water.
12. v. To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce.
the boiling waves of the sea
13. v. To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid.
His blood boils with anger.

Exemples de phrases

I cannot even boil water, much less roast a turkey.      Je ne sais même pas faire bouillir de l'eau, alors faire rôtir une dinde... Please boil the eggs just a little so that even the whites are not quite hard.      Veuillez faire bouillir juste un peu les œufs, de manière à ce que même les blancs ne soient pas tout à fait durs. Please boil an egg for me.      Veux-tu, s'il te plaît, me faire cuire un œuf?

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