Definitions for boiling

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boiling boil·ing

Spelling: [boi-ling]

IPA: /ˈbɔɪ lɪŋ/

Boiling is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 108 anagrams from letters in boiling (bgiilno).

Definitions for boiling

noun

1. the act or an instance of boiling.
2. the state or condition of boiling:
3. an area of agitated, swirling, bubbling water, as part of a rapids.
4. Also called blow. Civil Engineering. an unwanted flow of water and solid matter into an excavation, due to excessive outside water pressure.

Idioms

1. boil off, Textiles. to degum (silk). to remove (sizing, wax, impurities, or the like) from a fabric by subjecting it to a hot scouring solution. Also, boil out.

adverb

1. to an extreme extent; very:

adjective

1. having reached the boiling point; steaming or bubbling up under the action of heat:
2. fiercely churning or swirling:
3. (of anger, rage, etc.) intense; fierce; heated.

Verb phrases

1. boil down, to reduce the quantity of by boiling off liquid. to shorten; abridge. to be simplifiable or summarizable as; lead to the conclusion that; point:
2. boil over, to overflow while boiling or as if while boiling; burst forth; erupt. to be unable to repress anger, excitement, etc.:

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to boil or to bring to the boiling point:
2. to cook (something) in boiling water:
3. to separate (sugar, salt, etc.) from a solution containing it by boiling off the liquid.

verb (used without object)

1. to change from a liquid to a gaseous state, producing bubbles of gas that rise to the surface of the liquid, agitating it as they rise.
2. to reach or be brought to the boiling point:
3. to be in an agitated or violent state:
4. to be deeply stirred or upset.
5. to contain, or be contained in, a liquid that boils:

Origin of boiling

1250-1300; Middle English. See boil¹, -ing²

Examples for boiling

Ground glass is put in food to cause internal bleeding, and nicotine concentrated by boiling can cause a heart attack.

While the maccaroni is boiling, take care that it does not get into lumps.

He first rose to prominence as a lawyer in Queens, who settled a boiling racial dispute over public housing in Forest Hills.

Usually, 30 to 45 minutes after boiling has begun will be sufficient.

The elevation of the camp by the boiling point, is 8,050 feet.

Mix the sugar and flour and stir them into the boiling water.

Add the salt to the water and bring it to the boiling point.

This is important in the concentration process, which takes place by means of an extraordinarily measured period of boiling.

As infants, my kids ate food right off the floor without washing or boiling.

Mr. Wynd said the shrinking process includes filling the head with hot sand and boiling it with herbs.