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.
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he maketh the deep to boil like a pot. --job xii.
31.
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3. to pass from a liquid to an a"eriform state or vapor
when heated; as, the water boils away.
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4. to be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid;
as, his blood boils with anger.
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then boiled my breast with flame and burning wrath.
--surrey.
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5. to be in boiling water, as in cooking; as, the potatoes
are boiling.
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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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