1. Cooked in hot water
   - poached, stewed

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
   - churn, moil [N. Amer], roil 
5. Be in an agitated emotional state
   - seethe

See also: boiler, cooked

Type of: alter, be, change, change state, modify, move, turn

Antonym: freeze

Encyclopedia: Boil

• self-hatred
• self-heal
• self-help
• self-hypnosis
• self-image
• self-importance
• self-important
• self-importantly
• self-imposed
• self-improvement
• self-incrimination
• self-induced
• self-inductance
• self-induction
• self-indulgence
• self-indulgent
• self-indulgently
• self-inflicted
• self-insurance
• self-interest
• self-interested
• self-involved
• self-justification
• self-knowledge
• self-limited