English to English
noun
- a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus
source: WordNet 3.0
- the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level
They brought the water to a boil.
source: WordNet 3.0
- Act or state of boiling.
source: Webster 1913
- A hard, painful, inflamed tumor, which, on suppuration, discharges pus, mixed with blood, and discloses a small fibrous mass of dead tissue, called the core.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor
Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
source: WordNet 3.0
- immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes
Boil potatoes.
Boil wool.
source: WordNet 3.0
- bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point
Boil this liquid until it evaporates.
source: WordNet 3.0
- be agitated
The sea was churning in the storm.
source: WordNet 3.0
- be in an agitated emotional state
The customer was seething with anger.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
- To heat to the boiling point, or so as to cause ebullition; as, to boil water.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [bóil] Bukol
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [bóil] Magpakulô. pakuluin
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
