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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
boil
I.verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
boiled potatoes
▪ Serve with plain boiled potatoes.
boiled rice
▪ Serve with plain boiled rice.
boiled sweet
boiled sweets (=hard sweets that taste of fruit)
▪ a packet of boiled sweets
boiling point
▪ Relations between the two countries have almost reached boiling point.
boiling/scalding/steaming hot (=used about liquid that is extremely hot)
▪ The coffee was scalding hot.
fried/poached/boiled etc eggs
reached boiling point
▪ Relations between the two countries have almost reached boiling point.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
away
▪ This might connect with experiences of seeing liquids boiling away on a cooker.
▪ Primitive sensations skittered here and there, triggering twinges of irritation that carelessly boiled away.
▪ At constant pressure, the boiling point remains constant until all the liquid has boiled away.
▪ Check every 20 minutes or so that the water has not boiled away and, if so, replenish with boiling water.
▪ It was bubbling and boiling away like mad inside your head.
▪ Large generators can overcharge batteries, ultimately destroying them as the electrolyte boils away and the plates heat up and buckle.
down
▪ Honestly, it does all just boil down to the need to learn something.
▪ To Smolan, the decision to leave so late in the game boiled down to quality.
▪ The issues boil down to money and prestige.
▪ The explanation for varied appreciation rates may boil down to something as intangible as popularity.
▪ But genuine co-operation between colonies seems always to boil down to pure parasitism.
▪ But by any measure, the Republican presidential campaign right now boils down to Dole and Forbes.
▪ It's going to boil down to keeping your pecker up, looking on the best side of things.
▪ It boils down to whether we want to pursue the truth or chase after unfounded beliefs that make us feel special.
off
▪ In a nuclear engine they are simply the propellant gas boiled off stored liquid.
▪ The boiling off of liquids, he noted, leaves an intensely, sometimes unpleasantly bitter residue.
▪ Serious answer: Condense the soup by boiling off half its water content.
▪ Orographic clouds promising rain formed over the Rockies, were boiled off in midair, and disappeared.
▪ He began to feel out of his depth, as if the chair beneath him were being lowered into a pool of boiling off.
over
▪ I for one am dying of thirst and hot enough to boil over.
▪ But tensions continue to boil over.
▪ This year, tensions boiled over threatening to bring the country's economy to its knees.
▪ She is always on the ragged edge, always boiling over about something.
▪ But the game really boiled over with Gorman's dismissal on 18 minutes.
▪ If you don't hear the milk boiling over, you won't dash to the rescue in the nick of time.
▪ Bring your arousal level to simmering point and stay there without boiling over by continuing to breathe deeply and reducing stimulation slightly.
▪ The quarrel boiled over by the time they reached the shop section of the nearby Roundacre garage.
up
▪ Even then, trouble will eventually boil up.
▪ One afternoon that spring the weather became inordinately hot, boiling up to midsummer levels.
▪ Then you can boil up the carcass for a turkey soup or stock.
▪ Little problems, to do with timetabling or prescribed reading or marking, can boil up into major issues.
▪ But among some of the men, bitterness boiled up.
▪ After that, the fury that boiled up inside him was more than he could take.
▪ Instantly, the sea boiled up.
■ NOUN
blood
▪ This got Jim's blood boiling and, driving like a tiger, he dominated from the start.
▪ The Assiniboin made a dish of buffalo blood boiled with brains, rosebuds, and hide scrapings.
▪ Peter's blood boiled at her betrayal.
▪ But my blood boiled at one scene.
▪ It was an infuriating trait, and it made her blood boil every time he came near.
egg
▪ Devil eggs Hard boil a dozen eggs and cut them in half lengthways.
▪ Well, I love boiled eggs every day.
▪ I could barely boil an egg.
▪ In that case, the golden yolks of our boiled eggs were truly golden and so are we now.
▪ It's like boiling an egg, easy.
▪ That means at least longer than it takes to boil an egg.
▪ Strain off the liquid and use instead of water to boil the eggs for 10 minutes.
kettle
▪ I had the kettle boiled in readiness.
▪ Cook the pasta in a large kettle of boiling salted water for 4 minutes.
▪ While waiting for the kettle to boil, she stood at the window watching the rain.
▪ Nor would he wait for the kettle to boil for tea.
▪ He lit a Gauloise and together they waited for the kettle to boil.
▪ Two hours later, he put the kettle on to boil.
▪ There was a copper kettle boiling on one hob and a china teapot on the other and the stove shone clean.
▪ With no kettles to boil, basins to fill or clean towels to fetch, true participation is required.
mixture
▪ Hops are added and the mixture is boiled.
▪ As soon as the mixture starts to boil add the cornstarch mixture and stir until the sauce is thickened.
▪ When mixture boils, it will throw sugar on to sides of pan.
▪ Cook, stirring, until mixture boils and thickens slightly.
▪ Cook and stir just until thickened and mixture begins to boil.
▪ Mix 1 cups cornmeal with 1 cup cold water and add mixture slowly to the boiling water, stirring constantly.
point
▪ When a natural scientist proposes to test the boiling point of water, there are few, if any semantic problems involved.
▪ Some is based on observations from real spills; some is projected theoretically from the viscosities and boiling points of petroleum products.
▪ His indignation frequently boiled over to a point where he thought and demanded that a libel writ should be issued.
▪ That leaves ethanol molecules free to escape at temperatures lower than the boiling point of water.
▪ Setting aside the polemical aspects of his argument, Honderich's thesis boils down to three points.
▪ Tensions in the neighborhood reached a boiling point.
▪ The colligative properties are boiling point, freezing point, osmotic pressure, and vapor pressure.
▪ In fact, they all have different boiling points.
potato
▪ By 10am, the potatoes have been boiled and roasted and stored in insulated containers.
▪ Choose equal quantities of three varieties of potatoes and boil them.
▪ In the meantime, cook the potatoes in boiling salted water.
rice
▪ I see Batti, he is coming back from boiling pots of rice for the kids.
▪ We boil the rice and eat it cold with milk for supper.
▪ In the meantime, boil the rice according to the instructions.
water
▪ Now that the bucket was free, I got some water boiled and began to have a shave.
▪ Put the peel in a large pot of water and boil it until the peel becomes tender.
▪ When he returned more water was boiled with leaves brought by a second neighbour summoned from her home in the upper forest.
▪ She was waiting for the water to boil.
▪ She lit the gas and filled the kettle, then warmed her hands over the lid while the water boiled.
▪ The water was boiling and she began to make the coffee.
▪ This is the principle of steam distillation. Water boils at 100°C at one atmosphere pressure.
▪ He put water on to boil and took a cold shower.
■ VERB
begin
▪ I stayed in a flea-ridden inn whilst outside the sea began to seethe and boil under a sudden black storm.
▪ It was the wickedness that soaks into your blood and slowly heats up and begins to boil.
▪ As the kettle began to boil, she realised that the mugs she needed were stowed beneath the sink.
▪ Cook and stir just until thickened and mixture begins to boil.
▪ As the water began to boil he tipped the dumplings into the bowl and stirred them gently before leaving them to cook.
▪ The kettle began to boil, its ill-fitting lid jerking under the pressure of the steam inside.
▪ First, dark clouds begin to boil in the sky, and lightning starts to crackle and fizz.
bring
▪ Add the stock, bring to boil and simmer for b5-20 minutes.
▪ Add peanuts, sugar and salt. Bring to boil.
▪ Heat the single cream and chocolate in a small pan until melted and then bring tot he boil.
▪ Stir into liquid remaining in wok. Bring to boil and cook and stir until slightly thickened.
▪ Add salt. Bring to boil. 3 Remove peas from refrigerator.
▪ Add oxtails and bring to boil.
▪ When reduced, add cream, bring to boil.
cook
▪ The broccoli that no one in the South had learned to cook, only to boil?
▪ In the meantime, cook the pasta in boiling salted water.
▪ The stone crab is cooked by boiling.
reach
▪ Tensions in the neighborhood reached a boiling point.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
boiling point/freezing point/melting point etc
make sb's blood boil
▪ Because I like you, Breeze, and it makes my blood boil to think of you slaving away as you do.
▪ It's a subject that makes my blood boil and disappointments have left me a blister short of swearing.
▪ It was an infuriating trait, and it made her blood boil every time he came near.
▪ Thinking about it now made my blood boil.
▪ You know, when I think about it, it still makes my blood boil.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Boil the potatoes until they are soft.
▪ Boil the vegetables for 10 minutes.
▪ Boil the water before drinking it.
▪ Clothes had to be boiled to prevent the disease from spreading.
▪ Put the spaghetti into boiling, salted water.
▪ The beans should be boiled rapidly for at least twenty minutes.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ I boil it like a tea and it helps hurry the process up, if the woman is ready.
▪ One afternoon that spring the weather became inordinately hot, boiling up to midsummer levels.
▪ She was just boiling some water when the door opened and Julius walked in.
▪ This got Jim's blood boiling and, driving like a tiger, he dominated from the start.
II.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
bring
▪ Stir in the vermouth. Bring to the boil and simmer for 2-3 minutes.
▪ Mix all remaining ingredients together in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
▪ Pour in the stock, bring to the boil and turn down the heat.
▪ Add the beans and pasta. Bring to a boil again and cook 6-8 minutes, stirring.
▪ Pour in water, then cover with a lid or foil and bring to the boil.
▪ Add stock just to cover and bring to a boil.
▪ Add all the remaining ingredients, bring to the boil and then simmer, uncovered, for 20 minutes.
▪ Gradually stir in chicken broth and bring to a boil, stirring.
come
▪ While the kettle was coming to the boil I went to the toilet-In the same sentence?
▪ Finally the water in the kettle comes to a boil.
▪ Retail sales volumes are also expected to have come off the boil last month after rising strongly over the past quarter.
▪ Slowly stir in buttermilk and cook until mixture almost comes to a boil.
▪ Return to pan and stir over a low heat until it thickens and just comes to the boil.
▪ Stir in reserved shallots, potatoes and their liquid, and minced thyme; heat until soup comes almost to a boil.
▪ But it was the 38 year old veteran, Jimmy Connors, who made the blood come to the boil.
▪ The teakettle came to a boil and I turned the gas off.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
make sb's blood boil
▪ Because I like you, Breeze, and it makes my blood boil to think of you slaving away as you do.
▪ It's a subject that makes my blood boil and disappointments have left me a blister short of swearing.
▪ It was an infuriating trait, and it made her blood boil every time he came near.
▪ Thinking about it now made my blood boil.
▪ You know, when I think about it, it still makes my blood boil.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Add stock, bouquet garni, tomatoes, and browned rabbit and bring to a boil.
▪ Bring to the boil, reduce the heat, cover and cook for 40 minutes. 3.
▪ Bring to the boil, stirring continuously, and boil for 2-3 minutes.
▪ Finally the water in the kettle comes to a boil.
▪ Gradually stir in chicken broth and bring to a boil, stirring.
▪ Heat the milk, cream and chocolate until melted then bring to the boil.
▪ Place the pan on the cooker and bring the contents gradually to the boil.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Boil

Boil \Boil\, v. t.

  1. To heat to the boiling point, or so as to cause ebullition; as, to boil water.

  2. To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation; as, to boil sugar or salt.

  3. To subject to the action of heat in a boiling liquid so as to produce some specific effect, as cooking, cleansing, etc.; as, to boil meat; to boil clothes.

    The stomach cook is for the hall, And boileth meate for them all.
    --Gower.

  4. To steep or soak in warm water. [Obs.]

    To try whether seeds be old or new, the sense can not inform; but if you boil them in water, the new seeds will sprout sooner.
    --Bacon.

    To boil down, to reduce in bulk by boiling; as, to boil down sap or sirup.

Boil

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.

Boil

Boil \Boil\, n. Act or state of boiling. [Colloq.]

Boil

Boil \Boil\, n. [Influenced by boil, v. See Beal, Bile.] A hard, painful, inflamed tumor, which, on suppuration, discharges pus, mixed with blood, and discloses a small fibrous mass of dead tissue, called the core.

A blind boil, one that suppurates imperfectly, or fails to come to a head.

Delhi boil (Med.), a peculiar affection of the skin, probably parasitic in origin, prevailing in India (as among the British troops) and especially at Delhi.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
boil

early 13c., from Old French bolir "boil, bubble up, ferment, gush" (12c., Modern French bouillir), from Latin bullire "to bubble, seethe," from PIE base *beu- "to swell" (see bull (n.2)). The native word is seethe. Figurative sense of "to agitate the feelings" is from 1640s.I am impatient, and my blood boyls high. [Thomas Otway, "Alcibiades," 1675]\nRelated: Boiled; boiling. Boiling point is recorded from 1773.

boil

"hard tumor," altered from Middle English bile (Kentish bele), perhaps by association with the verb; from Old English byl, byle "boil, carbuncle," from West Germanic *buljon- "swelling" (cognates: Old Frisian bele, Old High German bulia, German Beule). Perhaps ultimately from PIE root *bhel- (2) "to swell" (see bole), or from *beu- "to grow, swell" (see bull (n.2); also compare boast (n.)). Compare Old Irish bolach "pustule," Gothic ufbauljan "to puff up," Icelandic beyla "hump." \n\n

Wiktionary
boil

Etymology 1 n. A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection. Etymology 2

n. 1 The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour. 2 A dish of boiled food, especially based on seafood. 3 (context rare nonstandard English) The collective noun for a group of hawks. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To heat (a liquid) to the point where it begins to turn into a gas. 2 (context transitive intransitive English) To cook in boiling water. 3 (context intransitive English) Of a liquid, to begin to turn into a gas, seethe. 4 (context intransitive informal used only in progressive tenses English) Said of weather being uncomfortably hot. 5 (context intransitive informal used only in progressive tenses English) To feel uncomfortably hot. See also seethe. 6 To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation. 7 (context obsolete English) To steep or soak in warm water. 8 To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce. 9 To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid.

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WordNet
boil

  1. n. a painful sore with a hard pus-filled core [syn: furuncle]

  2. the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level; "the brought to water to a boil" [syn: boiling point]

boil

  1. v. come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor; "Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius" [ant: freeze]

  2. cook in boiling liquid; "boil potatoes"

  3. bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point; "boil this liquid until it evaporates"

  4. be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm" [syn: churn, moil, roil]

  5. be in an agitated emotional state; "The customer was seething with anger" [syn: seethe]

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Wikipedia
Boil (disambiguation)

A boil is a localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection of the hair follicle.

Boil may also refer to:

  • Boiling, bringing a liquid to its boiling point
  • Boil (album), a 1996 album by Foetus
  • Boil, Bulgaria
  • Shuizhu, a Sichuan Chinese dish also known as "water cooked" or "boil cuisine"
Boil (album)

Boil is a live album by Foetus released in 1996. Boil is culled from Foetus' Rednecropolis 96 European tour.

Boil

A boil, also called a furuncle, is a deep folliculitis, infection of the hair follicle. It is most commonly caused by infection by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, resulting in a painful swollen area on the skin caused by an accumulation of pus and dead tissue. Boils which are expanded are basically pus-filled nodules. Individual boils clustered together are called carbuncles. Most human infections are caused by coagulase-positive S. aureus strains, notable for the bacteria's ability to produce coagulase, an enzyme that can clot blood. Almost any organ system can be infected by S. aureus.

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Usage examples of "boil".

The water boiled around Abo as the shark thrashed, but Abo stayed on and, holding the stick like handlebars, he pulled back to keep the shark from diving and steered him into the shallow water of the reef, where the other men waited with their knives drawn.

Hence the sulphuretted hydrogen must be boiled off and the iron removed as basic ferric acetate by the method described on p.

Boil off the gas, add ammonia until a precipitate is formed, and then acidify somewhat strongly with acetic acid.

From baryta, which it also resembles, it is distinguished by not yielding an insoluble chromate in an acetic acid solution, by the solubility of its chloride in alcohol, and by the fact that its sulphate is converted into carbonate on boiling with a solution formed of 3 parts of potassium carbonate and 1 of potassium sulphate.

Cover with salted and acidulated water, bring to the boil, simmer for half an hour, drain, garnish with lemon and parsley, and serve with a parsley sauce.

Boil the fish in acidulated water according to directions previously given.

Boil medium-sized sea-bass in salted and acidulated water, drain, and marinate with salt, pepper, and vinegar.

Clean and trim a large striped bass, cut two incisions across the back, tie in a circle, and boil slowly in salted and acidulated water for forty minutes.

Sew up the fish in a cloth dredged with flour, and boil in salted and acidulated water.

Boil the fish in salted and acidulated water, with a bunch of parsley to season.

Scale and clean two large kingfish, and boil in salted and acidulated water, with a bunch of parsley, a slice each of carrot and onion, and a pinch of powdered sweet herbs.

Boil the fish with a bunch of parsley in salted and acidulated water to cover.

Boil a large fish in salted and acidulated water with a bunch of parsley.

Boil until tender in salted and acidulated water to cover and serve with Hollandaise Sauce.

Clean and draw the fish and boil slowly in salted and acidulated water to cover.