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Synonyms of boiling

ardent, baking, blistering, broiling, burning, fiery, heated, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing

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boil·ing

[boi-ling] Pronunciation Key

–adjective

1.	having reached the boiling point; steaming or bubbling up under the action of heat: boiling water.

2.	fiercely churning or swirling: the boiling seas.

3.	(of anger, rage, etc.) intense; fierce; heated.

–adverb

4.	to an extreme extent; very: August is usually boiling hot; boiling mad.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME. See boil¹, -ing²

]

—Related forms

boil·ing·ly, adverb

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boil¹   (boil) Pronunciation Key
v.   boiled, boil·ing, boils

v.   intr.

1. To change from a liquid to a vapor by the application of heat: All the water boiled away and left the kettle dry.
2. To reach the boiling point.
3. To undergo the action of boiling, especially in being cooked.
To be in a state of agitation; seethe: a river boiling over the rocks.
To be stirred up or greatly excited: The mere idea made me boil.

v. tr.

1. To vaporize (a liquid) by the application of heat.
2. To heat to the boiling point.
To cook or clean by boiling.
To separate by evaporation in the process of boiling: boil the maple sap.

The condition or act of boiling.
Lower Southern U.S. A picnic featuring shrimp, crab, or crayfish boiled in large pots with spices, and then shelled and eaten by hand.
An agitated, swirling, roiling mass of liquid: "Those tumbling boils show a dissolving bar and a changing channel there" (Mark Twain).

Phrasal Verb(s):
boil down

To reduce in bulk or size by boiling.
To condense; summarize: boiled down the complex document.
To constitute the equivalent of in summary: The scathing editorial simply boils down to an exercise in partisan politics.

boil over

To overflow while boiling.
To lose one's temper.

[Middle English boillen, from Old French boillir, from Latin bullīre, from bulla, bubble.]

boil'a·ble adj.

Synonyms: These verbs mean, both literally and figuratively, to stir up or agitate. To boil is to heat a liquid to a temperature at which it bubbles up and gives off vapor: The water boiled in the kettle.
Figuratively boil pertains to intense agitation: She boiled with resentment.
Simmer denotes gentle cooking just at or below the boiling point: Let the stock simmer for a couple of hours.
Figuratively it refers to a state of gentle ferment: Plans were simmering in his mind.
Seethe emphasizes in both senses the turbulence of steady boiling: Water seethed in the cauldron. "The city had ... been seething with discontent" (John R. Green).
Stew refers literally to slow boiling and figuratively to a persistent but not violent state of agitation: As the prunes stewed, I stirred them gently. "They don't want a man to fret and stew about his work" (William H. Whyte, Jr.)

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boil·ing (boi'lĭng) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Heated to or past the boiling point: a kettle of boiling water.
Very angry or upset; seething.

adv. Used as an intensive: fainted because it was boiling hot; boiling mad over the mistake.

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boiling
adverb
1.	extremely; "boiling mad"
noun
1.	the application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas
2.	cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil

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Boiling Springs, PA (CDP, FIPS 7472) Location: 40.15776 N, 77.13728 W
Population (1990): 1978 (720 housing units)
Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 17007

Boiling Springs, NC (town, FIPS 6800) Location: 35.24893 N, 81.66721 W
Population (1990): 2445 (713 housing units)
Area: 9.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Boiling Springs, SC (CDP, FIPS 7345) Location: 35.04498 N, 81.97673 W
Population (1990): 3522 (1334 housing units)
Area: 17.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Red Boiling Spri, TN Zip code(s): 37150

Boiling Spring L, NC Zip code(s): 28461

Boiling Spring Lakes, NC (city, FIPS 6760) Location: 34.03189 N, 78.06697 W
Population (1990): 1650 (824 housing units)
Area: 59.1 sq km (land), 1.9 sq km (water)

Red Boiling Springs, TN (city, FIPS 62000) Location: 36.53172 N, 85.85069 W
Population (1990): 905 (420 housing units)
Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Boiling

Boil\ (boil), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Boiled (boild); p. pr. & vb. n. Boiling.] [OE. boilen, OF. boilir, builir, F. bouillir, fr. L. bullire to be in a bubbling motion, from bulla bubble; akin to Gr. ?, Lith. bumbuls. Cf. Bull an edict, Budge, v., and Ebullition.]

1. To be agitated, or tumultuously moved, as a liquid by the generation and rising of bubbles of steam (or vapor), or of currents produced by heating it to the boiling point; to be in a state of ebullition; as, the water boils.

2. To be agitated like boiling water, by any other cause than heat; to bubble; to effervesce; as, the boiling waves.

He maketh the deep to boil like a pot. --Job xii. 31.

3. To pass from a liquid to an a["e]riform state or vapor when heated; as, the water boils away.

4. To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid; as, his blood boils with anger.

Then boiled my breast with flame and burning wrath. --Surrey.

5. To be in boiling water, as in cooking; as, the potatoes are boiling.

To boil away, to vaporize; to evaporate or be evaporated by the action of heat.

To boil over, to run over the top of a vessel, as liquid when thrown into violent agitation by heat or other cause of effervescence; to be excited with ardor or passion so as to lose self-control.

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Boiling

Boil"ing\, a. Heated to the point of bubbling; heaving with bubbles; in tumultuous agitation, as boiling liquid; surging; seething; swelling with heat, ardor, or passion.

Boiling point, the temperature at which a fluid is converted into vapor, with the phenomena of ebullition. This is different for different liquids, and for the same liquid under different pressures. For water, at the level of the sea, barometer 30 in., it is 212 [deg] Fahrenheit; for alcohol, 172.96[deg]; for ether, 94.8[deg]; for mercury, about 675[deg]. The boiling point of water is lowered one degree Fahrenheit for about 550 feet of ascent above the level of the sea.

Boiling spring, a spring which gives out very hot water, or water and steam, often ejecting it with much force; a geyser.

To be at the boiling point, to be very angry.

To keep the pot boiling, to keep going on actively, as in certain games. [Colloq.]

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