boil

  • 41boil — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French buillir, boillir, from Latin bullire to bubble, from bulla bubble Date: 13th century intransitive verb 1. a. to come to the boiling point b. to generate bubbles of vapor when heated used of a… …

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  • 42boil — See: make one s blood boil or make the blood boil …

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  • 43boil up — PHRASAL VERB If you boil up a liquid, you heat it until it boils. [V P n (not pron)] I ll put on the kettle for tea. Or boil up some coffee. [Also V n P] …

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  • 44boil — boil1 verb 1》 (with reference to a liquid) reach or cause to reach the temperature at which it bubbles and turns to vapour. 2》 (with reference to food) cook or be cooked by immersion in boiling water. 3》 (of the sea or clouds) be turbulent and… …

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  • 45boil — I v 1. seethe, simmer, stew, steam, decoct, brew; cook, heat, parboil, poach. 2. foam, churn, froth, fulminate, spume, mantle; bubble, effervesce, burble, gurgle, guggle; fizz, fizzle, sputter. 3. rage, rave, bluster, storm, rant, roar, rampage;… …

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  • 46boil —   1. As water. Paila, kupa; boil over, hū.   Also: pua i, ho olapa, huahua i, hua ina.    ♦ Ancient method of boiling by placing hot stones in a bowl containing water, hākui, puholo.   2. Carbuncle. Ma i hēhē, makalau; maka pala, palapū (ready to …

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  • 47boil up — phr verb Boil up is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑anger, ↑rage …

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  • 48boil — Synonyms and related words: abscess, agitation, antisepticize, aposteme, autoclave, bake, barbecue, baste, be in heat, be livid, be pissed, bed sore, blain, blanch, blaze, bleb, blister, bloom, blow up, blubber, bluster, bobbery, boil over,… …

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  • 49boil — I verb the soup is boiling Syn: simmer, bubble, stew, seethe, froth, foam II noun a boil on her neck Syn: swelling, spot, pimple, blister, gathering, pustule, carbuncle …

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  • 50Boil Over — Mécanisme du boil over : 1. eau ; 2. vapeur ; 3. hydrocarbure ; 4. feu. Le Boil Over ou Boilover est un phénomène qui intervient lorsque de l eau contenue dans un bac d hydrocarbure en partie basse se vaporise sous l effet de… …

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