boil

nounblister

verbheat to bubbling
verbbe angry

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Word Origin & History

early 13c., from Old French bolir "boil, bubble up, ferment, gush" (12c., Modern French bouillir), from Latin bullire "to bubble, seethe," from PIE base *beu- "to swell" (see bull (n.2)). The native word is seethe. Figurative sense of "to agitate the feelings" is from 1640s.

Related: Boiled; boiling. Boiling point is recorded from 1773.

Example Sentences for boil

An' I hopes, ol girl,' says he, 'that you'll be able t' boil the water 'ithout burnin' it.'

The captain had ordered Cooper to boil some pitch at the galley.

Let it simmer awhile, but take it up before it comes to a boil.

Let it boil a quarter of an hour longer, and then send it to table with the meat in it.

Boil it slowly a few minutes longer, and then put it into your tureen.

Then put it into the gravy soup, add the wine, and let it come to a boil.

Put them into the soup, add a handful of chopped parsley, and let them boil.

It will be a great improvement to cut up a yam and boil it in the soup.

When it comes to a boil, put in the clams, and keep them boiling an hour.

Then increase the fire, and boil it hard for a few minutes only.

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abscess

anger

angering

angers

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brew

brewing

bristle

bristled

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