- boil, furuncle - a painful sore with a hard pus-filled core
--1 is a kind of staphylococcal infection
--1 has particulars: gumboil - boiling point, boil - the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level; "the brought to water to a boil"
--2 is a kind of temperature
Derived forms: verb boil3, verb boil1, verb boil2
- boil - come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor; "Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius"
--1 is one way to change state, turn
Antonyms: freeze
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun boil2, noun boiler1
The water boils
- boil - cook in boiling liquid; "boil potatoes"
--2 is one way to cook
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun boil2, noun boiler2
The chefs boil the vegetables
- boil - bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point; "boil this liquid until it evaporates"
--3 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun boil2, noun boiler1
They boil the water
- churn, boil, moil, roil - be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm"
--4 is one way to move
Sample sentence:
The water boils
- seethe, boil - be in an agitated emotional state; "The customer was seething with anger"
--5 is one way to be
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue boil over the results of the experiment