present participle of boil

The process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point.

That boils or boil. / (informal, hyperbolic) Of a thing: extremely hot or active. / (informal, hyperbolic) Of a person: feeling uncomfortably hot. / (informal, hyperbolic) Of the weather: very hot.

(of adjectives associated with heat) Extremely

plural of boiling

A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.

The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour. / A dish of boiled food, especially based on seafood. / (rare, nonstandard) The collective noun for a group of hawks.

(transitive, of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas. / (transitive, intransitive) To cook in boiling water. / (intransitive, of liquids) To begin to turn into a gas, seethe.

plural of boil

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of boil