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Idioms about boil
- to degum (silk).
- to remove (sizing, wax, impurities, or the like) from a fabric by subjecting it to a hot scouring solution.
boil off, Textiles.
Origin of boil
1First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English boillen, boil(e), buile(n), from Old French boillir, buil(l)ir, from Latin bullīre “to bubble, effervesce, boil,” verbal derivative of noun bulla “bubble”
synonym study for boil
4. Boil, seethe, simmer, stew are used figuratively to refer to agitated states of emotion. To boil suggests the state of being very hot with anger or rage: Rage made his blood boil. To seethe is to be deeply stirred, violently agitated, or greatly excited: A mind seething with conflicting ideas. To simmer means to be on the point of bursting out or boiling over: to simmer with curiosity, with anger. To stew is to worry, to be in a restless state of anxiety and excitement: to stew about ( or over ) one's troubles.
Words nearby boil
Bohr theory, bohunk, boi, Boiardo, Boieldieu, boil, boilable, boil away, boil down, Boileau, Boileau-Despréaux
Other definitions for boil (2 of 2)
boil2
[ boil ]
/ bɔɪl /
noun Pathology.
a painful, circumscribed inflammation of the skin or a hair follicle, having a dead, suppurating inner core: usually caused by a staphylococcal infection.
Also called furuncle .
Origin of boil
2First recorded before 1000; Middle English bil(e), bul(e), bel(e), Old English bȳle; cognate with German Beule “boil, hump,” akin to Old Norse beyla “hump, swelling”
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How to use boil in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for boil (1 of 2)
boil1
/ (bɔɪl) /
verb
noun
the state or action of boiling (esp in the phrases on the boil, off the boil)
Derived forms of boil
boilable, adjectiveWord Origin for boil
C13: from Old French boillir, from Latin bullīre to bubble, from bulla a bubble
British Dictionary definitions for boil (2 of 2)
boil2
/ (bɔɪl) /
noun
a red painful swelling with a hard pus-filled core caused by bacterial infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissues, esp at a hair follicleTechnical name: furuncle
Word Origin for boil
Old English bӯle; related to Old Norse beyla swelling, Old High German būlla bladder, Gothic ufbauljan to inflate
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Scientific definitions for boil
boil
[ boil ]
To change from a liquid to a gaseous state by being heated to the boiling point and being provided with sufficient energy. Boiling is an example of a phase transition.
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Other Idioms and Phrases with boil
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