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boiled

/bɔɪld/ · verb

Meaning

  1. (of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
  2. To cook in boiling water.
  3. (of liquids) To begin to turn into a gas, seethe.
  4. To bring to a boil, to heat so as to cause the contents to boil.
  5. (used only in progressive tenses, of weather) To be uncomfortably hot.
  6. (used only in progressive tenses) To feel uncomfortably hot.
  7. Cooked in boiling water.
  8. (of water) Having reached the boiling point.
  9. Angry.
  10. Drunk.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data