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(verb) cook in boiling liquid; "boil potatoes" |
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Related Words: cook, overboil, simmer |
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(verb) bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point, as of water and other liquids; "boil this liquid until it evaporates" |
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Related Words: alter, change, decoct |
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(verb) come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor; "Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius" |
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Related Words: boil over, change state, overboil, turn |
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Antonyms: freeze |
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(noun) a painful sore with a hard pus-filled core |
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Synonyms: furuncle |
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Related Words: gumboil, staphylococcal infection |
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(verb) have violent emotions, such as anger or frustration |
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Synonyms: seethe |
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Related Words: experience, feel, sizzle |
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(verb) be agitated; of liquids |
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Synonyms: churn, moil, roil |
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Related Words: move, roll, seethe |
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(noun) the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level: "the brought to water to a boil" |
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Synonyms: boiling point |
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Related Words: temperature |
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