boil

noun

deep folliculitis, infection of the hair follicle
apply heat to water

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verb

cook in boiling water
raise to evaporation temperature

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /bɔɪ(ə)l/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.? Latin bulla Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin bulliō Old French boillirbor. Middle English boillen English boil From Middle English boillen, from Old French boillir (see French bouillir) from Latin bullīre (“to bubble, boil”), from bulla (“bubble”). Displaced native Old English weallan (intransitive) and wiellan (transitive). More at wall, well.

The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour; the boiling point.
“Add the noodles when the water comes to the boil.”
An instance of boiling.
“Surface water will do, but give it a good boil before drinking it.”
A dish of boiled food, especially seafood.
“a down-home boil with plenty of crab”
“This is Brad's classic shrimp boil—a recipe he makes for every tailgate party. Brad demands, “Don't use utensils!” INGREDIENTS: Two 6-ounce boxes Old Bay crab/shrimp boil seasoning[…]”
A social event at which people gather to boil and eat food, especially seafood. (Compare a bake or clambake.)
“a down-home boil at the town hall”
“Men and boys also learn to cook at the public and semipublic food events at which men are the primary cooks. These include crawfish and seafood boils, family boucheries, and community festivals. For example, at one crab boil I attended, a grandfather and his eight-year-old grandson cooked the second batch of crabs […]. The advent of crawfish farming has expanded the availability of live crawfish beyond the old seasonal limits just described, but few Cajuns in St. Martin Parish have crawfish boils, or eat crawfish in any form, out of season.”
The collective noun for a group of hawks.
A bubbling.
“He swam to the place where Mary disappeared but there was neither boil nor gurgle on the water, nor even a bell of departing breath, to mark the place where his beloved had sunk.”
“The sea round them clouded and darkened, and then frizzed up in showers of tiny silver fish, and over a space of five or six acres the cod began to leap like trout in May; while behind the cod three or four broad gray-backs broke the water into boils.”

verb

To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
“Boil some water in a pan.”
To cook in boiling water.
“Boil the eggs for three minutes.”
“Is the rice boiling yet?”
To begin to turn into a gas, seethe.
“Pure water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.”
To bring to a boil, to heat so as to cause the contents to boil.
“'I'll boil the kettle,' he said.”
To be uncomfortably hot.
“It’s boiling outside!”
To feel uncomfortably hot.
“I’m boiling in here – could you open the window?”
To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation.
“to boil sugar or salt”
“Another leader in the packaged product business was the Procter & Gamble Company, formed in Cincinnati in 1837 by William Procter, who molded candles, and his brother-in-law, James Gamble, who boiled soap.”
To steep or soak in warm water.
“To try whether seeds be old or new, the sense cannot inform; but if you boil them in water, the new seeds will sprout sooner.”
To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce.
“the boiling waves of the sea”
“He maketh the deep to boil like a pot.”
To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid.
“His blood boils with anger.”
“Then boyld my breſt with flame and burning wrath, / To reuenge my town vnto ſuch ruine brought.”