boiling

Pluralboilings

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle of boil. Use this form for something happening right now or for the activity itself.

   The soup is boiling, so please turn down the heat.

   Boiling the potatoes for too long makes them mushy.

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2. 2
   adjective

   So hot that it bubbles and gives off steam.

   Like the bubbling water in a pot when it gets too hot to touch.

   She poured boiling water over the tea leaves.

   The pot of boiling milk almost spilled over the edge.

   Oppositefreezing, cold

3. 3
   adjectivecolloquial

   Very hot, used when talking about the weather.

   It was boiling outside, so we stayed in the shade.

   Summer days here get boiling by noon.

   Similarscorching, sweltering, roasting, baking, blistering

   Oppositefreezing, cold

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4. 4
   adjectivecolloquial

   Feeling very hot and uncomfortable.

   I'm boiling in this thick wool sweater.

   The kids were boiling after running around all afternoon.

   Similarbaking, steaming, cooking, frying

   Oppositefreezing, cold

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5. 5
   adjectivecolloquial

   Very hot, or full of fast and busy activity.

   The engine was boiling after the long drive up the mountain.

   The kitchen was boiling during the dinner rush.

   Similarscorching, searing, seething, buzzing, teeming

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6. 6
   nouncountable or uncountable

   The act of heating a liquid until it bubbles and turns into gas.

   The boiling of the water filled the kitchen with steam.

   At high altitudes, boiling happens at a lower temperature.

   Oppositefreezing

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7. 7
   adverb

   Extremely or very.

   The sand was boiling hot under our bare feet.

   It's boiling hot in here, so open a window.

   Similarextremely, very

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8. 8
   nouncountable or uncountable

   Cooking food or cleaning something by putting it in water that is boiling.

   A quick boiling makes the eggs much easier to peel.

   The boiling of the dirty rags killed all the germs.

9. 9
   nounfigurativelycountable

   A state of great trouble or wild, churning activity.

   Like water jumping and tumbling in a pot that has gotten too hot.

   The whole town was in a boiling of anger after the news broke.

   Her mind was a boiling of worried thoughts she couldn't quiet.

   Similarsurge, outburst, upsurge, eruption

10. 10
    nounfigurativelyuncountable

    An animation look where the drawn lines keep wiggling, so the picture seems to shimmer.

    The cartoon used boiling to make the drawings feel alive.

    I love the wobbly boiling in those old hand-drawn films.

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