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| boils | |
| 1. n. plural of boil |  |
| 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. | |
