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Found 2 hits - Term: to boil over, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
over \o"ver\, adv.
   1. from one side to another; from side to side; across;
      crosswise; as, a board, or a tree, a foot over, i. e., a
      foot in diameter.
      1913 webster

   2. from one person or place to another regarded as on the
      opposite side of a space or barrier; -- used with verbs of
      motion; as, to sail over to england; to hand over the
      money; to go over to the enemy. "we will pass over to
      gibeah." --judges xix. 12. also, with verbs of being: at,
      or on, the opposite side; as, the boat is over.
      1913 webster

   3. from beginning to end; throughout the course, extent, or
      expanse of anything; as, to look over accounts, or a stock
      of goods; a dress covered over with jewels.
      1913 webster

   4. from inside to outside, above or across the brim.
      1913 webster

            good measure, pressed down . . . and running over.
                                                  --luke vi. 38.
      1913 webster

   5. beyond a limit; hence, in excessive degree or quantity;
      superfluously; with repetition; as, to do the whole work
      over. "so over violent." --dryden.
      1913 webster

            he that gathered much had nothing over. --ex. xvi.
                                                  18.
      1913 webster

   6. in a manner to bring the under side to or towards the top;
      as, to turn one's self over; to roll a stone over; to
      turn over the leaves; to tip over a cart.
      1913 webster

   7. completed; at an end; beyond the limit of continuance;
      finished; as, when will the play be over?. "their distress
      was over." --macaulay. "the feast was over." --sir w.
      scott.
      1913 webster

   note: over, out, off, and similar adverbs, are often used in
         the predicate with the sense and force of adjectives,
         agreeing in this respect with the adverbs of place,
         here, there, everywhere, nowhere; as, the games were
         over; the play is over; the master was out; his hat is
         off.
         1913 webster

   note: over is much used in composition, with the same
         significations that it has as a separate word; as in
         overcast, overflow, to cast or flow so as to spread
         over or cover; overhang, to hang above; overturn, to
         turn so as to bring the underside towards the top;
         overact, overreach, to act or reach beyond, implying
         excess or superiority.
         1913 webster

   all over.
      a over the whole; upon all parts; completely; as, he is
          spatterd with mud all over.
      b wholly over; at an end; as, it is all over with him.
          

   over again, once more; with repetition; afresh; anew.
      --dryden.

   over against, opposite; in front. --addison.

   over and above, in a manner, or degree, beyond what is
      supposed, defined, or usual; besides; in addition; as, not
      over and above well. "he . . . gained, over and above, the
      good will of all people." --l' estrange.

   over and over, repeatedly; again and again.

   to boil over. see under boil, v. i.

   to come it over, to do over, to give over, etc. see
      under come, do, give, etc.

   to throw over, to abandon; to betray. cf. to throw
      overboard, under overboard.
      1913 webster
see also:
all over over again over against over and above over and over to boil over 
boil to come it over to do over to give over come 
do give to throw over to throw overboard overboard 

[2] : 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 

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