1. boiling - Noun
2. boiling - Adjective
3. boiling - Verb
4. boiling - Adverb
of Boil
Heated to the point of bubbling; heaving with bubbles; in tumultuous agitation, as boiling liquid; surging; seething; swelling with heat, ardor, or passion.
The act of ebullition or of tumultuous agitation.
Exposure to the action of a hot liquid.
Source: Webster's dictionaryHas it popular sovereignty not got down as thin as the homeopathic soup that was made by boiling the shadow of a pigeon that had starved to death. Abraham Lincoln
To a boiling pot flies come not. George Herbert
All men possess in their bodies a poison which acts upon serpents; and the human saliva, it is said, makes them take to flight, as though they had been touched with boiling water. The same substance, it is said, destroys them the moment it enters their throat. Pliny the Elder
The toad likes water, but not when it's boiling. Guinea Proverb
Flies will not land on a boiling pot. Ukrainian Proverb
The frog likes water, but not boiling water. Senegalese Proverb