boiling
/ˈbɔɪlɪŋ/ · verb
Meaning
- (of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
- To cook in boiling water.
- (of liquids) To begin to turn into a gas, seethe.
- To bring to a boil, to heat so as to cause the contents to boil.
- (used only in progressive tenses, of weather) To be uncomfortably hot.
- (used only in progressive tenses) To feel uncomfortably hot.
- The process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point.
- An animation style with constantly changing wavy outlines, giving a shimmering or wobbling appearance.
- That boils or boil.
- Of a thing: extremely hot or active.
- Of a person: feeling uncomfortably hot.
- Of the weather: very hot.
- (of adjectives associated with heat) Extremely
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