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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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