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boil

(b//Oi//l )

a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus(noun.state)

Synonym:
furuncle

source: wordnet30
the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level(noun.attribute)

Example:
They brought the water to a boil.

Synonym:
boiling point

source: wordnet30
Act or state of boiling.(noun)

source: webster1913
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.(noun)

source: webster1913

come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor(verb.change)

Example:
Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.

Antonym:
freeze

source: wordnet30
immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes(verb.change)

Example:
Boil potatoes.
Boil wool.

source: wordnet30
bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point(verb.change)

Example:
Boil this liquid until it evaporates.

source: wordnet30
be agitated(verb.motion)

Synonym:
churn, moil, roil

source: wordnet30
be in an agitated emotional state(verb.emotion)

Synonym:
seethe

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To heat to the boiling point, or so as to cause ebullition; as, to boil water.(verb)

source: webster1913

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