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Found 3 hits - Term: boiled, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
      1913 webster

   2. to be agitated like boiling water, by any other cause than
      heat; to bubble; to effervesce; as, the boiling waves.
      1913 webster

            he maketh the deep to boil like a pot. --job xii.
                                                  31.
      1913 webster

   3. to pass from a liquid to an a"eriform state or vapor
      when heated; as, the water boils away.
      1913 webster

   4. to be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid;
      as, his blood boils with anger.
      1913 webster

            then boiled my breast with flame and burning wrath.
                                                  --surrey.
      1913 webster

   5. to be in boiling water, as in cooking; as, the potatoes
      are boiling.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
boiled boiling bull budge ebullition to boil away 
to boil over 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
boiled \boiled\, a.
   dressed or cooked by boiling; subjected to the action of a
   boiling liquid; as, boiled meat; a boiled dinner; boiled
   clothes.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
boiled
     adj : cooked in hot water syn: poached, stewed
see also:
poached stewed 

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