boil
verb
[ bɔɪl ]
• (with reference to a liquid) reach or cause to reach the temperature at which it bubbles and turns to vapour.
• "we asked people to boil their drinking water"
• (with reference to food) cook or be cooked by immersing in boiling water or stock.
• "boil the potatoes until well done"
• (of the sea or clouds) be turbulent and stormy.
• "she stood gazing out of the lighthouse window as the sea boiled beneath her"
Similar:
be turbulent,
be agitated,
froth,
foam,
churn,
seethe,
bubble,
fizz,
effervesce,
roil,
boil
noun
• the temperature at which a liquid bubbles and turns to vapour.
• "bring the sauce to the boil and simmer for 10 minutes"
• a casual outdoor meal at which shellfish is prepared by boiling.
• "the reappearance of warm days signals another revival: weekend crawfish boils"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French boillir, from Latin bullire ‘to bubble’, from bulla ‘bubble’.
boil
noun
• an inflamed pus-filled swelling on the skin, caused typically by the infection of a hair follicle.
Similar:
swelling,
spot,
pimple,
blister,
pustule,
eruption,
blemish,
carbuncle,
wen,
cyst,
abscess,
tumour,
ulcer,
chilblain,
gumboil,
plook,
furuncle,
blain,
Origin:
Old English bȳle, bȳl, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch buil and German Beule .
