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Verb: overboil  ,ow-vu(r)'boyl
  1. Overflow or cause to overflow while boiling
    - boil over
     
  2. (cooking) boil excessively
    "The peas are overboiled"

Derived forms: overboils, overboiled, overboiling

Type of: boil

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