boil
verb (used without object)
to change from a liquid to a gaseous state, producing bubbles of gas that rise to the surface of the liquid, agitating it as they rise.
will be boiling
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future progressiveof boil.future progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
Example Sentences
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Kermit invites me to come by the dock later, where he will be boiling a pot of shrimp.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2017
"If they decide to continue with measures that are taking us to the bottom of the sea," he insists, "the summer won't be hot it will be boiling."
From The Guardian ● May 18, 2012
You go and touch a match to the kitchen fire, so 't the kettle will be boiling, and I'll have a minute to myself.
From The Village Watch-Tower by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
Then let off the remaining quantity, which will be boiling hot, and this will finish the process for strong beer.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Mary Eaton
Anyhow, the kettles will hold enough for a mug for everyone in our three compartments, and by the time we have drunk that the second lot will be boiling.
From With Buller in Natal, Or, a Born Leader by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
