boiling

[boi-ling]

adjective

1. having reached the boiling point; steaming or bubbling up under the action of heat.

   boiling water.

2. fiercely churning or swirling.

   the boiling seas.

3. (of anger, rage, etc.) intense; fierce; heated.

adverb

1. to an extreme extent; very.

   August is usually boiling hot; boiling mad.

boiling

/ ˈbɔɪlɪŋ /

adjective

1. very warm

   a boiling hot day

noun

1. slang,  the whole lot

Other Word Forms

• boilingly adverb
• half-boiling adjective
• nonboiling adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of boiling¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English; boil ¹ + -ing ²

Example Sentences

Do not use boiling water to de-ice windscreens - hot water can crack the glass, and the water will only freeze again on the screen, or on the ground where you are standing.

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Now, after being washed in boiling water and bleach, it was no longer brown at all, but a perfectly lovely, nearly white color, not quite beige, not quite cream.

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At that point Mama would pick the chicken up and drop it into boiling water, which would loosen the feathers so that she could pull them off.

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Under the right pressure conditions, ice can form at room temperature or even at temperatures higher than its usual boiling point.

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At the heart of each nest, in the innermost container, was a nuclear boiling water reactor.

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