Adjective: boiled boyldVerb: boil boyl
- Come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapour
"Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius"
- Bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point
"boil this liquid until it evaporates"
- Immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes
"boil potatoes"; "boil wool"
- Be agitated
"the sea was boiling in the storm";
- churn, moil [N. Amer], roil
- Feel intense but often unexpressed anger or agitation
"The customer was boiling with anger";
- seethe
See also: cooked
Type of: alter, change, change state, experience, feel, modify, move, turn
Antonym: freeze
Encyclopedia: Boiled
Boil, Bulgaria