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Definitions for Boiling

[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.
[4] to an extreme extent; very: August is usually boiling hot; boiling mad.
[5] 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.
[6] to reach or be brought to the boiling point: When the water boils, add the meat and cabbage.
[7] to be in an agitated or violent state: The sea boiled in the storm.
[8] to be deeply stirred or upset.
[9] to contain, or be contained in, a liquid that boils: The kettle is boiling. The vegetables are boiling.
[10] to cause to boil or to bring to the boiling point: Boil two cups of water.
[11] to cook (something) in boiling water: to boil eggs.
[12] to separate (sugar, salt, etc.) from a solution containing it by boiling off the liquid.
[13] the act or an instance of boiling.
[14] the state or condition of boiling: He brought a kettle of water to a boil.
[15] an area of agitated, swirling, bubbling water, as part of a rapids.
[16] Also called blow. Civil Engineering . an unwanted flow of water and solid matter into an excavation, due to excessive outside water pressure.
[17] boil down , to reduce the quantity of by boiling off liquid. to shorten; abridge. to be simplifiable or summarizable as; lead to the conclusion that; point: It all boils down to a clear case of murder.
[18] boil over , to overflow while boiling or as if while boiling; burst forth; erupt. to be unable to repress anger, excitement, etc.: Any mention of the incident makes her boil over.
[19] very warm a boiling hot day
[20] the whole boiling slang the whole lot
[21] to change or cause to change from a liquid to a vapour so rapidly that bubbles of vapour are formed copiously in the liquid Compare evaporate
[22] to reach or cause to reach boiling point
[23] to cook or be cooked by the process of boiling
[24] (intr) to bubble and be agitated like something boiling; seethe the ocean was boiling
[25] (intr) to be extremely angry or indignant (esp in the phrase make one's blood boil ) she was boiling at his dishonesty
[26] (intr) to contain a boiling liquid the pot is boiling
[27] the state or action of boiling (esp in the phrases on the boil, off the boil )
[28] a red painful swelling with a hard pus-filled core caused by bacterial infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissues, esp at a hair follicle Technical name: furuncle

Words related to Boiling

sizzling, scalding, baking, fiery, scorching, raging, blistering, warm, broiling, roasting, burning, enraged, infuriated, incensed, fuming, hot, red-hot, torrid, tropical, angry

Words nearby Boiling

boiler horsepower, boiler room, boiler suit, boilermaker, boilerplate, boiling, boiling point, boiling-water reactor, boilover, boink, bois brûlé

Origin of Boiling

11250–1300; Middle English boillen < Anglo-French, Old French boillir < Latin bullīre to bubble, effervesce, boil, verbal derivative of bulla bubble

Other words from Boiling

boil·ing·ly , adverb
half-boil·ing , adjective
non·boil·ing , adjective

Word origin for Boiling

Old English bӯle ; related to Old Norse beyla swelling, Old High German būlla bladder, Gothic ufbauljan to inflate

Synonyms for Boiling

baking, fiery, scalding, scorching, sizzling, blistering, broiling, burning, roasting, warm, hot, red-hot, torrid, tropical