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English

Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�ɪl|-�ɪl

Etymology 1
ME. bile.

Noun
wikipedia
en-noun

1. A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.
2. The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour.

#:Add the noodles when the water comes to the boil.

1. The collective noun for a group of hawks.

Translations
trans-top|accumulation of pus
Finnish: paise
French: furoncle m
German: Furunkel n, Eiterbeule f
Hungarian: kelés, furunkulus
Japanese: ���� (haremono), ��� (odeki)
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Russian: на��в (narýv) m, ����нк�л (furúnkul) m, colloq. �и�ей (�írej) m
Spanish: furúnculo m
Swedish: böld c, varböld c
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trans-top|The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour
Hebrew: רת��� (retikha) f
trans-mid
Kurdish: KUchar|ک�ڵا�د�
Portuguese: fervura f
Russian: кипение (kip'énije) n
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See also
abscess
carbuncle
pimple
pustule
w:Boil|Wikipedia article on boils

Etymology 2
From OF. boillir (French: bouillir), from L. bullire.

Transitive verb
rfc-trverb|Transitive verb
en-verb

1. To heat (a liquid) to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.

#:Boil some water in a pan.

1. To cook in boiling water.

#:Boil the eggs for two minutes.

Translations

trans-top|heat (a liquid) until it begins to turn into a gas
Afrikaans: kook
Chinese: �沸
Dutch: koken
Finnish: kiehuttaa
French: faire bouillir, porter à l'ébullition
German: sieden
Greek: β�ά�ει
Hebrew: ��רת�� (le'hartyakh)
Italian: bollire, far bollire
trans-mid
Japanese: 沸�� (���, wakasu), 沸騰��� (�������, futt�saseru)
Portuguese: ferver
Russian: кип��и�� (kipjatít�)
Spanish: hervir
Swedish: koka
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trans-top|cook in boiling water
Afrikaans: kook
Finnish: keittää
French: faire bouillir
German: kochen
Italian: bollire, far bollire
trans-mid
Japanese: ��� (yuderu), �� (��, niru)
Portuguese: ferver
Russian: ва�и�� (varít�)
Swedish: koka
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Intransitive verb
en-verb

1. Of a liquid, to begin to turn into a gas.

#:Pure water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.

1. (colloquial; used only in progressive tenses) Of the weather, to be uncomfortably hot.

#:It's boiling outside!

1. (colloquial; used only in progressive tenses) Of a person, to be uncomfortably hot.

#:I'm boiling in here - could you open the window?

Synonyms

(of the weather): bake|be baking, scorch|be scorching, swelter|be sweltering
(of a person): bake|be baking, stew|be stewing

Antonyms

(of a liquid): condense
(of the weather): freeze|be freezing
(of a person): freeze|be freezing

Translations

trans-top|begin to turn into a gas
French: bouillir
trans-mid
Italian: bollire
Japanese: 沸� (��, waku)
Russian: закипа�� (zakipát�)
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trans-top|colloquial: of the weather, to be uncomfortably hot
Hebrew: ���� (lohet')
trans-mid
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trans-top|colloquial: of a person, to be uncomfortably hot
trans-mid
Russian: запа�и���� (zapárit�sja) (only perfective), �ва�и���� (svarít�sja) (only perfective)
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Derived terms
boil away
boil down
boil down to
boil off
boil over
hard-boiled
make somebody�s blood boil
parboil
pot boiler
slow boil
soft-boiled
go off the boil

Related terms
azeotrope
bullion
bully beef
burn
cathepsin
comfrey
eczema
effervesce
fervent
fervor
phreatic
pot-walloper
samovar
zeolite

See also
bake
condense
freeze
fry
grill
poach
steam

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