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A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.
noun
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The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour.
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Add the noodles when the water comes to the boil.
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A dish of boiled food, especially based on seafood.
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The collective noun for a group of hawks.
verb
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(of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
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Boil some water in a pan.
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To cook in boiling water.
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Boil the eggs for three minutes.
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(of liquids) To begin to turn into a gas, seethe.
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Pure water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
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To bring to a boil, to heat so as to cause the contents to boil.
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(used only in progressive tenses, of weather) To be uncomfortably hot.
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It’s boiling outside!
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(used only in progressive tenses) To feel uncomfortably hot.
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I’m boiling in here – could you open the window?
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To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation.
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to boil sugar or salt
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To steep or soak in warm water.
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To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce.
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the boiling waves of the sea
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To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid.
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His blood boils with anger.