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Synonyms for boil

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : boil
Phonetic Transcription : bɔɪl

Top 10 synonyms for boil
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Définition of boil

Origin :
  • early 13c., from Old French bolir "boil, bubble up, ferment, gush" (12c., Modern French bouillir), from Latin bullire "to bubble, seethe," from PIE base *beu- "to swell" (see bull (n.2)). The native word is seethe. Figurative sense of "to agitate the feelings" is from 1640s.
  • I am impatient, and my blood boyls high. [Thomas Otway, "Alcibiades," 1675]
  • Related: Boiled; boiling. Boiling point is recorded from 1773.
  • noun blister
  • verb heat to bubbling
  • verb be angry
Example sentences :
  • An' I hopes, ol girl,' says he, 'that you'll be able t' boil the water 'ithout burnin' it.'
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • The captain had ordered Cooper to boil some pitch at the galley.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Then increase the fire, and boil it hard for a few minutes only.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • It will be a great improvement to cut up a yam and boil it in the soup.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Put them into the soup, add a handful of chopped parsley, and let them boil.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Boil them fast about twenty minutes, according to their size.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Set it over a moderate fire, and do not let it boil too fast.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Let it boil a quarter of an hour longer, and then send it to table with the meat in it.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Then put it into the gravy soup, add the wine, and let it come to a boil.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • When it comes to a boil, put in the clams, and keep them boiling an hour.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

Antonyms for boil

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