English dictionary

boil

/b//Oi//l/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus

noun.state

Synonyms furuncle

Source: WordNet 3.0
the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level

noun.attribute

Examples
They brought the water to a boil.

Synonyms boiling point

Source: WordNet 3.0
Act or state of boiling.

noun

Source: webster1913
A hard, painful, inflamed tumor, which, on suppuration, discharges pus, mixed with blood, and discloses a small fibrous mass of dead tissue, called the core.

noun

Source: webster1913

come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor

verb.change

Examples
Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.

Antonyms freeze

Source: WordNet 3.0
immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes

verb.change

Examples
Boil potatoes.

Boil wool.

Source: WordNet 3.0
bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point

verb.change

Examples
Boil this liquid until it evaporates.

Source: WordNet 3.0
be agitated

verb.motion

Synonyms churn moil roil

Source: WordNet 3.0
be in an agitated emotional state

verb.emotion

Synonyms seethe

Source: WordNet 3.0
To be agitated, or tumultuously moved, as a liquid by the generation and rising of bubbles of steam (or vapor), or of currents produced by heating it to the boiling point; to be in a state of ebullition; as, the water boils.

verb

Source: webster1913
To heat to the boiling point, or so as to cause ebullition; as, to boil water.

verb

Source: webster1913