boiling

Speech parts

1. boiling - Noun

2. boiling - Adjective

3. boiling - Verb

4. boiling - Adverb

Meaning

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 dictionary

Synonyms

stewing simmering hot furious steaming raging bubbling seething fuming scalding boiling hot very hot tropic mad brewing
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Antonyms

baltic siberian arctic bard northern iceman
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Hypernyms

heating preparation cooking vapor warming evaporation

Hyponyms

decoction mashing decoction process

Phrases with the word

boiling water boiling-house boiling down be boiling over at the boiling point egg cooked in boiling water

Examples

Has 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

Close letter words and terms

boilery boiley boilie boiling away boiling down boiling energy