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boiling   (TTS Sound)

The noun boiling has 2 senses

• boiling -- (the application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas)


• boiling, stewing, simmering -- (cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil)

The verb boil has 5 senses

• boil -- (come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor; "Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius")


• boil -- (immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes; "boil potatoes"; "boil wool")


• boil -- (bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point; "boil this liquid until it evaporates")


• churn, boil, moil, roil -- (be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm")


• seethe, boil -- (be in an agitated emotional state; "The customer was seething with anger")

The adv boiling has 1 sense

• boiling -- (extremely; "boiling mad")