3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boil \Boil\ (boil), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Boiled} (boild); p. pr
& vb n. {Boiling}.] [OE. boilen, OF boilir, builir F.
bouillir, fr L. bullire to be in a bubbling motion, from
bulla bubble; akin to Gr ?, Lith. bumbuls Cf {Bull} an
edict, {Budge}, v., and {Ebullition}.]
1. 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.
2. To be agitated like boiling water, by any other cause than
heat; to bubble; to effervesce; as the boiling waves.
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot. --Job xii.
31.
3. To pass from a liquid to an a["e]riform state or vapor
when heated; as the water boils away
4. To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid;
as his blood boils with anger.
Then boiled my breast with flame and burning wrath.
--Surrey.
5. To be in boiling water, as in cooking; as the potatoes
are boiling.
{To boil away}, to vaporize; to evaporate or be evaporated by
the action of heat.
{To boil over}, to run over the top of a vessel, as liquid
when thrown into violent agitation by heat or other cause
of effervescence; to be excited with ardor or passion so
as to lose self-control.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boiled \Boiled\, a.
Dressed or cooked by boiling; subjected to the action of a
boiling liquid; as boiled meat; a boiled dinner; boiled
clothes.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
boiled
adj : cooked in hot water [syn: {poached}, {stewed}]
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