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1. Come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapour
   "Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius"
    
2. Immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes
   "boil potatoes"; "boil wool"
    
3. Bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point
   "boil this liquid until it evaporates"
    
4. Be agitated
   "the sea was boiling in the storm"
   - churn, moil [N. Amer], roil
    
5. Be in an agitated emotional state
   "The customer was boiling with anger"
   - seethe

1. A painful sore with a hard core filled with pus
   - furuncle
    
2. The temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level
   "they brought the water to a boil"
   - boiling point

Derived forms: boils, boiled, boiling

See also: boiler

Type of: alter, be, change, change state, modify, move, staphylococcal infection, temperature, turn

Antonym: freeze

Encyclopedia: Boil