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boil I. \ˈbȯil, esp bef pause or cons ˈbȯiəl\ noun (-s) Etymology: alteration (probably influenced by boil) (II) of Middle English bile — more at bile 1. : furuncle 2. : seed 4a II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English boilen, boillen, from Old French boillir, from Latin bullire to bubble, boil, from bulla bubble — more at poll (head) intransitive verb 1. a. : to generate through the action of heat bubbles of vapor that rise and agitate the mass : be agitated by ebullition — used of a liquid b. : to come to the boiling point < a watched kettle never boils > < the coffee boiled up quickly > 2. a. : to be agitated and tossed about in a manner suggestive of boiling water : bubble or foam violently : seethe, churn < the sound of the river boiling along the banks — C.S.Forester > b. : to move in a swirling eddying mass < dust motes boiled in a ray of light — Archie Binns > < a great cloud of dust boiled up past the windows — Hamilton Basso > < black smoke boiled up from the burning warehouse > 3. : to be moved or excited (as with indignation or anger) : be intensely stirred up < his blood boils at the mention of it > 4. a. : to rush tumultuously or headlong < they boiled through the door in pursuit of the fleeing bandit > < the insects would come boiling out of the swamps — R.P.Warren > b. : to break forth : gush up or out : erupt < the sensational news boiled into headlines and bulletins > c. of a fish : to rise swiftly (as in striking) 5. : to undergo the action of a boiling liquid < the beans must boil for some time > transitive verb 1. : to subject to the action of a boiling liquid (as in cooking or cleaning) < the potatoes will need to be boiled longer > 2. : to heat to the boiling point : cause (a liquid) to bubble with heat < the water must be boiled before use > 3. : to form or separate (as sugar or salt) by boiling or by evaporation involving ebullition < they carefully boiled the salt out of the water > • - boil the pot III. noun (-s) 1. : the act or state of boiling : agitation 2. a. : a swirling upheaval of water; especially : one at the surface of a river, a large spring, a pool below a dam, or the sea b. : the swirl made by a fish moving at or near the surface especially when feeding 3. : a disturbance in the surface soil caused by the escape of water under a water-excluding structure (as a levee or cofferdam) 4. : a stage during which the metal bath in a steelmaking furnace seems to boil as a result of the escape of gas |