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.

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

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

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

Boil them fast about twenty minutes, according to their size.

Set it over a moderate fire, and do not let it boil too fast.

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

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

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

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