boil
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- n a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus
- n the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level
they brought the water to a boil - v come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor
Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius - v immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes
boil potatoes
boil wool - v bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point
boil this liquid until it evaporates - v be agitated
- v be in an agitated emotional state
- However, 1,000 watts of heat won't boil much water, so Kamen developed a closed system, powered by whatever fuel is at hand, that traps the energy released when the boiled water .
- A day earlier, he had said wage disparities between genders made his "blood boil.
- They say, 'We need to boil all the hope out of him.