# boiling

Pronunciation: say "BOY-ling" /ˈbɔɪlɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle of boil. — present participle and gerund of boil
   - Simple: Present participle of boil. Use this form for something happening right now or for the activity itself.
   - _Steam rose from the cauldron that had been boiling over the fire all morning._
   - _Boiling the pasta a minute too long left it soft and sticky._

## Adjective

2. Heated to the point of bubbling and turning into vapor.
   - Simple: So hot that it bubbles and gives off steam.
   - _He carefully dropped the eggs into a pan of boiling water._
   - _Steam billowed from the boiling kettle on the stove._
3. Of the weather: uncomfortably or extremely hot. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: Very hot, used when talking about the weather.
   - _It's absolutely boiling today, and there isn't a cloud in the sky._
   - _We trudged across the desert under a boiling afternoon sun._
4. Of a person, feeling uncomfortably hot, as from heat or exertion. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: Feeling very hot and uncomfortable.
   - _I'm absolutely boiling in this packed train car._
   - _She felt boiling by the time she reached the top of the hill._
5. Of a thing, extremely hot or full of intense, restless activity. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: Very hot, or full of fast and busy activity.
   - _By midday the car's engine was boiling under the hood._
   - _The trading floor was boiling with frantic activity all morning._

## Noun

6. The process of heating a substance until it changes from a liquid into a gas at its boiling point.
   - Simple: The act of heating a liquid until it bubbles and turns into gas.
   - _The boiling of seawater leaves the dissolved salt behind._
   - _Rapid boiling can make the liquid bubble over the rim of the pot._
8. The cooking of food, or cleaning of an object, by placing it in boiling liquid, usually water.
   - Simple: Cooking food or cleaning something by putting it in water that is boiling.
   - _A ten-minute boiling softens the dried beans nicely._
   - _The boiling of surgical tools was once the main way to sterilize them._
9. A state of turmoil or agitation, like the churning of bubbling water.
   - Simple: A state of great trouble or wild, churning activity.
   - _A boiling of rage swept through the crowd gathered outside the courthouse._
   - _His blunt letter set off a boiling of resentment among the staff._
10. An animation style in which outlines constantly shift and waver, giving the image a shimmering, wobbling look.
   - Simple: An animation look where the drawn lines keep wiggling, so the picture seems to shimmer.
   - _The short film's heavy boiling gave every character a restless, hand-drawn energy._
   - _Animators sometimes add boiling to keep a static shot from feeling lifeless._

## Adverb

7. To an extreme degree; extremely.
   - Simple: Extremely or very.
   - _When she found out her brother had read her diary, she was boiling mad and wouldn't speak to him all week._
   - _Don't grab that pan by the handle; it's still boiling hot from the oven._

## Origin

Formed from the verb "boil" combined with the suffix "-ing".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/boiling (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).