boil
🇺🇸
/bɔɪl/
🇬🇧
/bɔɪl/
verb
A2
to heat a liquid until it bubbles and turns to steam
Boil water before adding the pasta.
A2
to heat a container until the liquid inside boils
Let the kettle boil for tea.
A2
to cook or clean something in boiling water
Boil the eggs for breakfast.
R
to be very angry
His anger made him boil inside.
noun
R
the point when a liquid starts to boil
Bring the soup to a boil before serving.
R
a painful, pus-filled skin infection
The doctor treated the painful boil on his skin.
translation
to heat a liquid until it bubbles and turns to steam; to heat a container until the liquid inside boils; to cook or clean something in boiling water; to be very angry
the point when a liquid starts to boil; a painful, pus-filled skin infection
Word Forms
3rd Present
boils
Progressive
boiling
Past
boiled
Perfect
boiled
Plural
boils