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Verb: overboil  ,ow-vu(r)'boyl
  1. (cooking) boil excessively
    "The peas are overboiled"
     
  2. Overflow or cause to overflow while boiling
    "The milk overboiled and made a mess on the stove";
    - boil over

Derived forms: overboils, overboiling, overboiled

Type of: boil