boil · verb /bɔɪl/
Word family
Nouns: boiler, the boil
Verbs: boil
boil (HEAT LIQUID)
A2 I or T If a liquid boils, or if you boil it, it reaches the temperature where bubbles rise up in it and it produces steam.
Dictionary example:
I had to boil the water before drinking it.
Learner example:
First he saw his mother cooking and she was chopping the vegetables with her hands, after that she started to boil the water with her own body heat, just puting her hand next to the cup. (Preliminary English Test; B1; Portuguese)
boil (CONTAINER)
B1 I or T If a container of liquid boils, or if you boil it, it reaches the temperature where bubbles rise up in it and it produces steam.
Dictionary examples:
Could you boil the kettle for me?
The pan's boiling.
boil (COOK)
B1 T to cook food in water that is boiling
Dictionary example:
Boil the potatoes until soft.
Learner example:
I teach them how to swim, how to boil rice without electrical equipment [and] so on. (First Certificate in English; B2; Japanese)
make your blood boil
C2 to make you extremely angry
Dictionary example:
The way they have treated those people makes my blood boil.
Learner example:
Paul said something repulsive, with a cold light in his eyes, and it made her blood boil. (Certificate of Proficiency in English; C2; Polish)
